Luc, - "Talador, That is a tall order. To start out with. What don't you like about the Luca Antara, the only 20m HP close to ready for cruising? Luc"
I tried to bring it up, but they are working on the site. So from memory, the accommodations aren't big enough (read that as extra weight). I am currently on a Hunter Legend 45 which has better accommodations, and anytime I feel like it I can take down the sails and turn on the 65 hp motor to get out of Dodge at 7 knots. The boat rests at anchor very nicely and handles 25 knot winds and 2 to 3 m seas with no problem, but it drafts 5'6" and the rudder is the same depth as the keel : (
I haven't seen a proa sailing with a schooner rig set up, so I am a little cautious. I don't like always being exposed to the elements as I am sailing either. I have yet to see an anchoring system on a proa I like. I think two anchors, one aft and one forward on a proa would be nice : ) I don't like the engine solutions I have seen either. I am not a good enough sailer and tactician, nor patient enough to sail everywhere.
A BiPlane seems to overcome most of those 'problems', large accommodations, engines, anchoring, etc. I just have to figure out stuff like kick up rudders at the stern with HP style raisable rudders up front, what engine arrangement? Because I can't have kick up rudders and stern mounted outboards.
Life is good.
Talador
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