| Traveller 32
design #822, 1970, Fiberglass version of Dog Star
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In the late 1920's Rhodes
liked double ended hull forms of the Colin Archer / William Atkins type.
These canoe hulls are virtually symmetrical fore and aft and can sail themselves
quite well. He designed several boats in this mode, and Dog Star
was
one of the nicest. Rhodes commented about Dog Star
in
Henderson's book:
I remember particularly one thing that I always like to mention to anybody interested in this design. We were paralleling the Connecticut shoreline with a steady following breeze of about 12 miles velocity and the sails wing and wing, she sailed for 12 miles with the tiller swinging free. Not a person touched it during that period. We then ran into a sharp 90-degree change in the wind, putting us on a reach, and we lashed the helm and she sailed herself down to Point Judith. In other words, this boat is very nicely balanced."The Dog Star design was modified a bit 40 years later for fiberglass production as the Traveller 32.
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Traveller 32 discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RhodesTraveller32 Correspondence Hello Ben -
The Traveller 32 has an interesting
history in that only 28 or so were built. The first part of
The Traveler 32 was a modification
from the Tidal Wave/Dog Star in that Rhodes OKed a
I certainly welcome comments; it's always good to compare notes. Regards,
July 29, 2000
From: <KMeyer@D11Cutters.uscg.mil>
From: <nsackett@gmail.com>
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