Flash Poll: Trailersailer Aesthetics
Which of these boats do you find most pleasing to look at?
Below are photos of 5 popular trailersailers. Which of the five boats do you find most pleasing to look at? Tell us why in the comments below.—Eds
Below are photos of 5 popular trailersailers. Which of the five boats do you find most pleasing to look at? Tell us why in the comments below.—Eds
With the possible exception of switching the M15 and the Nordica's position in the poll, for purely aesthetic appeal, I'm in agreement with the standings at the time I'm writing this. So, here's my choices, in order: the Cape Cutter, to me, is the epitome of a small, salty craft - a raised deck (like my old, beloved Pearson Lark), a cutter rig like a Stone Horse, and simple, gorgeous lines.
The Norseboat has that lovely, lovely rig, lapstrake hull, and wineglass transom. It's timeless and fresh at the same time.
The Sanderling is classic American class - I've never sailed New England waters, but lust looking at her makes me want to.
The M15 - possibly the most practical of all in this group, is just plain cute. Salty, yachty cute. I currently have an M17 in the back yard, potentially a restoration candidate, and as much as I love the M17, I think the M15 is a better choice - though the M17 is, to my eyes, just a bit prettier.
The Nordica was a boat I fell for as a kid at the Minneapolis Boat Show - it was sized for 14 year old me (it sat right next to a Drascombe Scaffie, another favorite, both as a youth, and right this second). It's lines are really pretty, but I can see within those lines a space that would simply laugh at me if I tried to utilize it. If she was a girl I liked, I'd end up doing the unthinkable - I'd make a move on her slightly larger, slightly more ungainly sister, the Nordica 20. I'm a bad person that way!
Besides the fact that I’m building one, the Cape Cutter 19 just looks so right, in sheer, proportion and aesthetics. They are all pretty good looking boats though.