The Folkboat with white topside so is clearly a very much updated classic. I guess the owner loves his boat and enjoys cruising, as he's lavished some attention and money on in-mast roller reeling on the main and a roller reeling Genoa. He's also fitted a very discreet spray hood to the main hatch. I wonder what other mods he's made?
The varnished boat's owner is more a racing man, I fancy, since he seems to have kept his boat in strict Nordic Folkboat one-design trim, with wooden spars and no inboard motor.
No matter how the cabin design is altered I still feel the Folkboat looks best as per the original design - with a short little cabin that stops short of the mast. I feel the same about the International Dragon which looks wonderfully balanced and appealing with her original little cabin trunk. I always feel that a Dragon set up for cruising (despite its very modest accommodation ) would make a beautiful fast little weekender.
The Folkboat with white topside so is clearly a very much updated classic. I guess the owner loves his boat and enjoys cruising, as he's lavished some attention and money on in-mast roller reeling on the main and a roller reeling Genoa. He's also fitted a very discreet spray hood to the main hatch. I wonder what other mods he's made?
ReplyDeleteThe varnished boat's owner is more a racing man, I fancy, since he seems to have kept his boat in strict Nordic Folkboat one-design trim, with wooden spars and no inboard motor.
No matter how the cabin design is altered I still feel the Folkboat looks best as per the original design - with a short little cabin that stops short of the mast. I feel the same about the International Dragon which looks wonderfully balanced and appealing with her original little cabin trunk. I always feel that a Dragon set up for cruising (despite its very modest accommodation ) would make a beautiful fast little weekender.
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