A customer occasionally
graces me with his conceptual drawings for a new vessel.
A while ago he brought in a drawing for a motorsailor.
She had a cat/yawl rig with the masts folding down in a
tabernacle for low bridge clearance and to allow storage
in a boat house. After a little editing, the Auk is the
result.
She is a perky vessel in most eyes. The flush deck
yields lots of interior space. The pilothouse adds light
to help relieve the claustrophobia of rainy coast life.
A simple, yet functional, interior design affords more
lounging comfort for two than most boats in her size
range.
The power is a small lightweight diesel running through
a saildrive in the stern. She uses an outboard rudder
for steering with a small mizzen to help balance the
helm in a breeze. The mizzen can be unstepped and used
as a sailrig on a dinghy, perhaps a
Polliwog.
I have noticed a lot of people deciding to forgo
cruising with two or three couples in exchange for a
sane afternoon of gunkholing in some out-of-the-way
place in a small but very able vessel such as this.
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Specifications |
| Length |
22' 6" (L.O.A.) |
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21' 4" (L.W.I.) |
| Beam |
8' 2" |
| Draft |
3' 0" |
| Displacement |
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| Sail area |
285 sq ft |
| Power |
diesel saildrive |
| Fuel capacity |
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