{"id":155471,"date":"2024-11-21T06:17:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T06:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/?p=155471"},"modified":"2024-11-21T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T06:18:08","slug":"extraordinary-boats-the-cayman-28-a-gentlemans-skiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/extraordinary-boats\/extraordinary-boats-the-cayman-28-a-gentlemans-skiff-155471","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary boats: The Cayman 28 ‘a gentleman’s skiff’"},"content":"

Modern daysailers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n

1. Saffier Se 33 UD<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nSaffier Yachts now has eight designs between 21ft and 37ft. The investment and knowhow the Hennevanger brothers have put into the production facility really shows too \u2013 the vacuum-infused builds and finish quality are top class.\r\n\r\nSaffier builds seaworthy designs<\/a>, tests all new models thoroughly in the North Sea and ensures its yachts can be sailed easily single-handedly.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Saffier-33-SE\"\r\n\r\nLaunched in 2014, the Saffier Se 33 is a sporty design but with a practical self-draining cockpit and optional solid sprayhood, which help it handle most weather conditions. It has a fast underwater shape, a generous sailplan and a fixed carbon bowsprit. The extra-large cockpit features 2m benches and a folding transom and there is space enough for four to sleep below.\r\n\r\nSaffier\u2019s brand new Se 27<\/a> also looks like a seriously fun design and has been averaging speeds in the mid-teens with the kite up, clocking over 20 knots in its early trials this spring.\r\n\r\nPrices for the Se 33 start at \u20ac114,500 (ex. VAT).\r\n\r\n[jwplayer key=\"JC676Kuc\"]\r\n

2. Domani S30<\/h3>\r\nThe S30, launched in 2018, is Belgian company Domani\u2019s first model \u2013 a trailable sportsboat designed to be comfortable, fast and beautiful, says founder Michael Goddaert.\r\n\r\nInspired by Riva\u2019s Aquarama motor boat<\/a>, it has a large minimalist cockpit, spacious aft sunbed and a classy-looking compact interior. The narrow-beamed S30 weighs only 1,700kg, is offered with a long, two-part carbon rig, and has an electric drive as standard. A Lounge version is being developed which is similar to the Tofinou 9.7<\/a> in terms of deck layout.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u20ac88,000.\r\n\r\nArticle continues below...<\/em>\r\n\r\n
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3. Black Pepper Code 0.1<\/h3>\r\nThose lucky enough to have sailed at Les Voiles de St Tropez may have seen these neo-classic daysailers from chic brand Black Pepper.\r\n\r\nAs well as this range of Code-branded daysailers\/weekenders, the yard has just launched a new Sam Manuard-designed, scow-bowed IMOCA 60<\/a> for Armel Tripon\u2019s Vend\u00e9e Globe<\/a> campaign.\r\n\r\nThe original Code 0, by Marc Lombard, is a high-performance dayboat with a distinctive squared coachroof, which is built light in carbon and epoxy with half its displacement in the keel bulb.\r\n\r\nA new Code 0.1 version (pictured) launched last year, and is available in Open and Spirit (performance\/regatta) versions.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u00a3148,000.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-A-Yachts-A27\"\r\n

4. A-Yachts A27 \/ A33<\/h3>\r\nA-Yachts founder. Michael Gilhofer helped to develop the original B30 (pictured below) and was distributor for B-Yachts in Germany for 17 years. He commissioned the in-demand Lorenzo Argento, who formerly worked with Luca Brenta, to design a new range of luxury daysailers built in Slovenia and finished in Austria.\r\n\r\nThe first two A-Yachts models (the A27 is pictured above) are focused on performance daysailing, whereas B-Yachts has gone for more cruising comfort below. An exciting new model, the A39, is due for launch in 2021.\r\n\r\nPrices ex. VAT: A27 \u20ac98,500, A33 \u20ac215,000.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-B-Yachts-B30\"\r\n

5. B-Yachts B30 \/ B34<\/h3>\r\nThe Brenta B30 is the iconic Italian daysailer. A real looker to keep berthed at your Portofino residence, it has a lightweight carbon\/epoxy build and a high ballast ratio, for tantalising light airs sailing. B-Yachts is the brand that took the daysailing concept to the limit with the fiendishly indulgent (and very white) B60, which we tested, open-mouthed, back in 2008.\r\n\r\nAlthough stagnant for some years, the company was acquired by Luca Brenta\u2019s cousin Alberto Castiglioni in late 2018. Brenta, along with designer Alessia Lee, has worked up the design for a new B34 model due to launch this year, and they are now working on a B40.\r\n\r\nThe B30 (above) is now a modern classic, with more than 40 built, but the refreshed company has made some upgrades including a new rudder profile, fixed bowsprit, revised deck gear, a more functional interior and the option for an electric engine. But it\u2019s still got those killer lines.\r\n\r\nPrices ex. VAT: B30 \u20ac118,000, B34 \u20ac190,000.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Esse-330\"\r\n

6. Esse 330<\/h3>\r\nThis is the sixth model from Josef Schuchter\u2019s yard on Lake Zurich, which builds fast, stiff and sporty designs. The new 330 is the first Esse that offers the ability for weekend\/overnight sailing. Schuchter told us it is designed more for pleasure sailing than racing but has the same performance as the yard\u2019s 990, using a 1m shorter mast and with greater stability and comfort.\r\n\r\nUmberto Felci designed the 330 with a self-tacking jib, a carbon deck-stepped mast with no backstay and a high ballast ratio to help ensure it can easily be sailed short-handed. A lifting keel reduces draught to 1.55m and an electric drive is offered.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u20ac134,000.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Flax-27\"\r\n

7. Flax 27<\/h3>\r\nA plumb stem and square coachroof give an alluring pilot classic style to this Judel\/Vrolijk design, but it is the materials from which it is crafted that are most intriguing. Built by Bremen-based Greenboats, the flax (plant) or linen (fibre) is vacuum-infused with bio epoxy and can be given a clearcoat finish to help show off the fibres.\r\n\r\nThe focus is on weight-saving for this performance daysailer, using recycled PET as the core material. The deck is made from cork, the ropes are made entirely from recycled plastic bottles and the sails are recyclable.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT, ready to sail: \u20ac126,000.\r\n

Modern-classic daysailers<\/h2>\r\n

\"best-daysailer-yachts-Eagle-38\"8. Eagle 38<\/h3>\r\nThe Boersma brothers founded Leonardo Yachts in the northern part of the Netherlands to build top quality gentleman\u2019s daysailers and weekenders.\r\n\r\nIts range of gorgeous designs are inspired by the timeless lines and overhangs of the J Class<\/a>, but with modern appendages.\r\n\r\nThe new Hoek-designed Eagle 38 is the smallest of a range that now extends to 70ft. It is devised for easy handling, with jib winches in reach of the helmsman\/tiller, in a deep self-draining cockpit that can seat six in comfort.\r\n\r\nThe varnished mahogany interior can sleep three and includes cooking facilities and a neatly hidden toilet.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u20ac177,500.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Wallynano-MKII\"\r\n

9. Wally Nano MkII<\/h3>\r\nWally stunned us with the unveiling of its incomparable Nano in 2009. The Andre Hoek-designed masterpiece certainly elevated the standard of extravagance (and price) for a daysailer. This Wally Nano MkII<\/a> model released eight years later is a refined version of the achingly cool design, which marries Italian styling with Dutch workmanship and ingenuity.\r\n\r\nA pilot cutter-influenced plumb bow, bowsprit and low, squared coachroof set off a retro style, finished by an elegantly overhanging counter. These classic lines meet contemporary construction and attention to detail at Joop Doomernik\u2019s traditional Dragon building yard. The top class composite work includes a keel grid built from 33 layers of carbon.\r\nBelieve me, the result on the water is a truly intoxicating ride, both upwind and down!\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u20ac390,000.\r\n\r\n[jwplayer key=\"U7HG9TSj\"]\r\n

10. Rustler 33<\/h3>\r\nThe Stephen Jones design has the elegant lines and overhangs of the Cornish yard\u2019s earlier Rustler 24, but with a comfortable handmade interior that makes it enticing to overnight on too \u2013 there is a proper heads compartment including wet hanging area.\r\n\r\nWith the addition of stanchions, this becomes a Class B offshore yacht. It\u2019s a stiff boat to sail with a deep, dry cockpit, in which it is comfortable to sit, perch on the chunky coaming or stand to handle the tiller.\r\n\r\nRustler says recent clients for the Rustler 33 are ordering them with carbon masts and electric engines.\r\n\r\nPrice ex. VAT: \u00a3165,000.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Morris-29\"\r\n

11. Morris 29<\/h3>\r\nFusing S&S lines with modern lightweight materials such as carbon and epoxy, the Morris 29 is a quintessential daysailer that\u2019s easy to rig and maintain, a witch to sail and is as handsome as they come.\r\n\r\nAnd there\u2019s a deep, long cockpit and comfortable saloon below to keep any guests content while you hog the tiller. Now built by Hinckley and priced from US$266,500.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-alerion-33\"\r\n

12. Alerion 28 \/ 33<\/h3>\r\nCleverly marketed as \u2018the 90-minute\u2019 getaway, the iconic Alerion daysailer fleet, from 20-33ft, is designed to get people afloat easily and with the most enjoyment possible. Above is the Alerion 33.\r\n\r\nOften seen sporting optional Hoyt jib booms, the models are easy and a delight to sail and have inviting and well-finished interiors.\r\n\r\nRarely do beauty, speed and single-handed ease combine this fluidly and successfully. Prices are available on application only.\r\n\r\n\"best-daysailer-yachts-Friendship-40\"\r\n

13. Friendship 36 \/ 40<\/h3>\r\nThe elegantly timeless look of the Friendship 40, its classic lines, including pronounced tumblehome and wineglass counter, are by Rhode Island\u2019s Ted Fontaine. A Friendship\u2019s deep cockpit and wonderfully inviting and well-appointed interior invite you to sail on through the weekend and beyond.\r\n\r\nFontaine says both the 36 and 40 are still available to order, but at top prices: \u201cThe Friendship 40 would be built by Yachting Developments in New Zealand where the moulds are presently stored,\u201d (priced in the region of US $1,350,000).\r\n\r\n\"And the Friendship 36 is being offered as a cold-moulded wood epoxy built boat that would be built by Rockport Marine in Maine \u2013 the yard that built the first 36.\"\r\n\r\nFirst published in the June 2020 edition of Yachting World.<\/em>","excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zipping through the herd of mainly production family cruisers enjoying the sunshine on a picture postcard Sound of Mull at Scotland\u2019s ever popular West Highland Week, the Cayman 28 Rooster is instantly recognisable as a wolf in, well, wolf\u2019s clothing. The low freeboard, slender hulled Mills-designed all-carbon sportsboat with its big bowsprit, powerful rig, large A-sail and crew on racks slides effortlessly past Duart Castle \u2013 ancient home of the marauding Maclean clan \u2013 on a passage race to Tobermory where a night in the infamous Mishnish bar awaits. Cayman Islands-based Canadian businessman, Alex Laing. and his long-time crew of sailing mates might not be winning races on handicap but their huge smiles tell all you need to know about the Cayman 28 which he and Mark Mills brought to life. Built by Code Yachts in Hungary, the boat was launched over a year ago. Designed specifically for what the Americans euphemistically call \u2018skinny\u2019 waters, particularly the shallow Inner Sound where Laing and his crew live and daysail in the Caymans, Rooster has yet to ruffle the locals\u2019 feathers among the native fleet of J\/22s which, let\u2019s just say, Laing has grown out of. So far Rooster has been raising eyebrows and bucket loads of interest at an eclectic itinerary of major races and events, which have taken the fancy of the Rooster team. A bit like the boat itself, the itinerary to date owes more to fun and indulgence than hard logic. Hence Oban, Tobermory and West Highland Week, where the magical scenery is the best cure for the hangover, in late July this year was the latest date on a tour which started after launching at Lake Balaton\u2019s 155-mile 680-boat Blue Ribbon (which celebrates July\u2019s full moon) and has taken in Lake Garda\u2019s Centomiglia and Florida\u2019s races between Miami and Key Largo. A decision was still being mulled over as to whether to return Rooster back to Miami for this winter or to finally head to Grand Cayman and the Inner Sound. No rules A lifetime sailor who grew up on the Canadian lakes, Laing is in the construction business. He took many years away from sailing to grow his business and enjoy his family\u2019s formative years, but is now making up for what some might call \u2018lost time\u2019. He also has an Ice 52 called Goose and a share in the famous successful RP Maxi Capricorno, which he will race at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup this year. Then there are whispers of a bigger project with Mills, who he says he loved working with. \u201cThe mandate was to sail in the Inner Sound of the Cayman Islands which has 5ft 6in controlling draught. And as the only boat going to be there it was not built to suit any rules. We wanted an easy boat to sail, off the dock, quick to go sailing. No hiking \u2013 such as you do in the main fleet in the Cayman Islands which are J\/22s, and I just don\u2019t …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":155476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[976,159],"tags":[901,1469,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155486,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155471\/revisions\/155486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155471"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=155471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}