A wonderful, insightful review. Thanks for bringing a boat designer's viewpoint to Yankee Girl. I also spent a little time on Yankee Girl as I helped write Alone Against the Atlantic. The inside of the 10-foot boat is more spacious than it appears and yes, it was wet on the high seas. For what it was like, I have excerpted a chapter from Alone Against the Atlantic in my newest book, Bold Sea Stories 2. SCA has that chapter and is considering running "Overboard," in a future issue. Hint: It will not make anyone especially anxious to go to sea in a 10-foot boat, not Yankee Girl, nor a John Harris design. But it's good reading. Imagine falling off those North Atlantic waves!
I'm sure you've read Webb Chiles; it's not the boat. He was a landlocked dreamer as well, and after 6 trips around the big blue marble he is contemplating another. His ride this time is a Moore 24, ultra light displacement with an asymmetrical spinnaker. Relative luxury in contrast to the Drascombe Lugger he took out of San Diego in the late 70s.
A wonderful, insightful review. Thanks for bringing a boat designer's viewpoint to Yankee Girl. I also spent a little time on Yankee Girl as I helped write Alone Against the Atlantic. The inside of the 10-foot boat is more spacious than it appears and yes, it was wet on the high seas. For what it was like, I have excerpted a chapter from Alone Against the Atlantic in my newest book, Bold Sea Stories 2. SCA has that chapter and is considering running "Overboard," in a future issue. Hint: It will not make anyone especially anxious to go to sea in a 10-foot boat, not Yankee Girl, nor a John Harris design. But it's good reading. Imagine falling off those North Atlantic waves!
I'm sure you've read Webb Chiles; it's not the boat. He was a landlocked dreamer as well, and after 6 trips around the big blue marble he is contemplating another. His ride this time is a Moore 24, ultra light displacement with an asymmetrical spinnaker. Relative luxury in contrast to the Drascombe Lugger he took out of San Diego in the late 70s.