Sadly we don't have many Rhodes designed yachts over here, but there is one on the river. She's been up for sale for a while (over a year if I recall) and is currently without a mast, which hopefully was stored for winter.
She's a pretty sloop, not quite is the same league as Doryman's one design racer, but a good sea boat.
Sadly what puts people off these classic older designs is lack of space below, certainly compared to a modern boat.
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Max,
ReplyDeleteThe Rhodes 33 is an open boat (the cockpit drains into the bilge) and thus is not a cruiser. Someone would have to be intrepid indeed to take one across an open ocean.
I think the boat you show is an Evergreen, which is a very similar boat to the 33, but I know very little about them. They are often referred to interchangeably.
doryman
My boat is a 1972 Bristol, and it has very little beam compared to todays 30 footers. Still pretty though.
ReplyDeleteMy last paragraph about space was a comment not a criticism, I really like these old classics, they way they look and sail - my regret is selling the Van de Stadt Legend 34 we had, I should have ripped out some of the interior and made more space, but at the time like so many others I was caught up in the bigger boat paradime!!
ReplyDeleteI must be one of the few UK subscribers to your "Goold Old Boat" magazine!