Let’s start with a boat I’d imagined had to be fiberglass, but no . . .
it’s a wooden 1959 Century Coronado.
She’s got looks and speed.
Steaming in front of Bonnie Castle . . . that has to be a Steelcraft, like this one on the blog last year.
This one I saw only on a trailer . . . but 224 mph!!!
And these . . . they almost completely blocked the Erie Canal channel at Sylvan Beach.
And how’s this for two Corbin 39 pilothouse sailboats . . .
Does anyone have experience with this model?
All photos by Will Van Dorp, who is still gallivanting in foreign waters . . .
Now two more, one from me and another from an inquiring mind.
A above is mine, and B below is from Neil. And the question is . . . are both these schooner rigs?
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October 11, 2019 at 11:13 am
Anonymous
Double cat boat rigs
October 11, 2019 at 11:21 am
Anonymous
A cat boat has one mast all the way forward, this allows it to sail very close to the wind. Lately some sail designers have taken some liberties. The top one would now be a cat ketch, and the bottom one a schooner cat. A schooner has two masts the aftermost taller than the forward one. A ketch has two masts, the forward one being taller than the after one. If the after mast or mizzen is aft of the rudder post it’s called a yawl. In the bottom photo there is a ketch on the left and a schooner on the right.
October 11, 2019 at 11:13 am
Daniel J Meeter
There’s a name for that second-last schooner-or-not, which I once knew, from the Great South Bay, but I forget it now. I remember learning that they can sail “wing-on-wing,” that is, the two sails opened to opposite sides. And on another note, how about that car in the 8th photo. Is it an old Chrysler, maybe?
October 11, 2019 at 11:16 am
MageB Bailey
It’s a ’63 Chrysler Imperial?
October 11, 2019 at 11:23 am
Jim M
I’d say the top pic would be a cat-ketch and the bottom pic would be a cat-rigged schooner or maybe it might be called a cat schooner.
October 11, 2019 at 5:05 pm
Cam Simmons
Top is a Freedom cat ketch.
October 11, 2019 at 6:54 pm
Jim Gallant
Give me a package deal….I’ll take that gorgeous ’59 Century Coronado, and to pull it around on an oversized trailer, throw me that white 1963 Chrysler Crown Imperial ashore behind the 2d Corbin 39!!!!
October 11, 2019 at 9:22 pm
Arthur C Hamilton
Your photo is of a 44 foot Freedom Cat Ketch
https://www.soundingsonline.com/boats/freedom-44
https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/freedom-44-cat-ketch
October 11, 2019 at 9:41 pm
Arthur C Hamilton
I think the last boat is the Farfarer, Nigel Irons Design Cold Molded Wood, Cat Schooner
https://www.coveyisland.com/recent-projects/farfarer/
October 11, 2019 at 9:51 pm
Arthur C Hamilton
You question on the second photo of the Corbin 39 Pilothouse, Looks like it had been in Europe, and was for sale for 68000.00, but now located in Kingston Ontario
https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1982/corbin-39-mkii-pilothouse-cutter-3207135/