Deerfoot 58 . There is a huge difference in interior volume between a 62-foot and 58-foot yacht. We’ve found smaller yachts much harder to design than larger projects. The Deerfoot 58 was probably our toughest project to this point. After examining a variety of different approaches, we came back to the same aft engine room, […]
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Deerfoot 74
Deerfoot 74 – Maya The Deerfoot 74 Maya was unique in her styling. The oriental theme is lovely to look at in the day time, and is especially cool in the evening with all of the indirect lighting. Maya’s galley runs down the hull side. Counters on both sides of the passageway provide lots of […]
Deerfoot 2-62
Deerfoot 2-62 . This design was a development of what we’d learned with our own Intermezzo II. The hull shape was refined – it was significantly faster upwind and down – and the 2-62 has better powering capability. Coming on the heels of the Deerfoot 72s, we moved the engine room back to the center […]
Deerfoot 72
Deerfoot 72 Over the years we’ve had a number of clients who wanted a circular saloon seating area, with “chairs” opposite. . This looks really cool. However, there’s a trade off. Compared to a saloon with straight (or gently curved) settees on both sides, this approach leaves nowhere for someone to stretch out in the […]
Deerfoot 62
Deerfoot 62 . Intermezzo II’s interior look was similar in concept to Wakaroa, except that it was compacted into a 10-foot shorter (62-foot) hull. Above is the nerve center of the boat, the galley. Note the fixed stove on the aft bulkhead. Except for baking at sea when heeled, this worked out well and kept […]
Deerfoot 68 & 72
Deerfoot This is the first of our Deerfoot line. She’s 68′ LOA with a 14.5′ beam. That lovely light-colored timber is New Zealand Kauri. Deerfoot has her Owner’s suite aft – the only one of our yachts to have this layout. The combination of timber and light surfaces was pretty radical in 1978 – but […]
FPB 97 Stabilizer Position Logic
One of the more difficult design issues is positioning the stabilizer fins. The considerations are as follows: Bottom of fins are above the bottom of the canoe body or keel when the fins are centered As close to the point of maximum beam as possible to maximize leverage Near the center of buoyancy to minimize […]
Ensenada Race Fatality Analysis
While we were away for a few days the news was full of “information” about the loss of a Hunter 37 and its crew in the Ensenada Race. This morning Todd Rickard mentioned that the Spot track for the Aegean was available on Sailing Anarchy, so we took a quick look. That track is headed […]
The John Alden Schooner Constellation–Cruising In the Olden Days
This is a brief story about cruising in the olden days, just after World War II. It is also a story about how the Dashew family made their way to the (then) golden land of California. It starts with Stanley Dashew, the family patriarch, deciding at age 30 that he wanted to go cruising, seriously […]
There Is Usually Something Worthwhile If You Just Look For It
We were visiting with family last week in Los Angeles. We love our family, but dislike LA intensely. It is too crowded, smoggy, ugly, and noisy for our tastes. And did we mention the traffic? But this lovely blue heron, and the photos that follow, were taken in the heart of downtown LA, along the […]
