Seawind 24 pocket cruiser

[bladerunner]

I am making some additions to my Seawind 24 to make it more suited to cruising. I recall seeing an article years ago where dodgers were fitted to each cabin entry to remove the problem of spray and rain entering the cabins. can anybody give me design details of these dodgers?

Thanks

[thinwater]

I am making some additions to my Seawind 24 to make it more suited to cruising. I recall seeing an article years ago where dodgers were fitted to each cabin entry to remove the problem of spray and rain entering the cabins. can anybody give me design details of these dodgers?

Thanks

I just sold my Stiletto 27 (http://www.multihulls4us.com/classifieds/showproduct.php/product/22/cat/2) which I had customized for cruising. If you post some listing of what you have and photos, I bet you get some ideas. Also, look at the stiletto wildjibe site portfolio section. Also see my blog (below) for some ideas. Love small cats!

[catty]

I am making some additions to my Seawind 24 to make it more suited to cruising. I recall seeing an article years ago where dodgers were fitted to each cabin entry to remove the problem of spray and rain entering the cabins. can anybody give me design details of these dodgers?

Thanks

Would you believe that's a seawind 24 with a bridge-deck conversion, completed in foam and glass in Airlie from memory?

[thinwater]

Would you believe that's a seawind 24 with a bridge-deck conversion, completed in foam and glass in Airlie from memory?

But just because it can be done....

Too much weight and a bit of a low rider. I would suggest something more minimal, or selling and moving up, which was my choice. I could not see ruining a fast boat with too much baggage. There will never really be move-around or stand-up space or comfort in a blow.

But nicely done.

[bladerunner]

Thanks team,
i have seen the bridgedeck conversion but it is too heavy, and too much. i just want spray dodgers. :cool:

[Talbot]

I bet that bridgedeck conversion gets a lot of slamming. Nice fibreglass job, but I bet its stuffed the performance.

[Hongoose Maru]

bladerunner, I have the induvidual dodgers on my Seawind 24, I'll try to post some pics. I'm in Houston on Galveston Bay, what part of the world are you?

[Hongoose Maru]

http://www.sailingtexas.com/Pics/picseawind24aa.jpg

[Talbot]

Is that his and her's hulls?:)

[Woods Designs]

You may like to look at the small cuddy we fitted on our 25ft Merlin. It weighs under 100lbs, made from 4mm ply. 3 seasons use so far and has transformed cruising comfort. It may well fit on a Seawind. It only takes 20 mins to take off when we race. Then it fits easily on the back of our pickup truck (we have slept in it when on the road)

You can download all the basic drawings from my website, and of course look at photos and videos.

Richard Woods of Woods Designs

www.sailingcatamarans.com (http://www.sailingcatamarans.com)

[bladerunner]

thanks to you all. I am looking at photos and plans now. I really appreciate the assistance and I'll post photos of my final project when I am done.

Bladerunner:)

[PEI Pete]

Hello, I am very interested in your proposed adaptation of your Seawind 24 for Cruising. I have very recently obtained a Seawind 24 and I want to do the same thing. Richard Woods cuddy for the Merlin looks good. However, His cuddy design on the Sango is even better. The Sango 25 is more similar in size to the Seawind 24 and the cuddy looks more usable. It is 6 x 6 rather than 4 x 6 on the Merlin. The problem is that the motor well on the Seawind is in the way. The two solutions I can think of is to either hang the motor off the back on a bracket (not too hard), or else fabricate an entirely new replacement center piece containing a Woods style drop down floor and a motor well further aft (big job). Keep posting.
Pete

[thinwater]

Hello, I am very interested in your proposed adaptation of your Seawind 24 for Cruising. I have very recently obtained a Seawind 24 and I want to do the same thing. Richard Woods cuddy for the Merlin looks good. However, His cuddy design on the Sango is even better. The Sango 25 is more similar in size to the Seawind 24 and the cuddy looks more usable. It is 6 x 6 rather than 4 x 6 on the Merlin. The problem is that the motor well on the Seawind is in the way. The two solutions I can think of is to either hang the motor off the back on a bracket (not too hard), or else fabricate an entirely new replacement center piece containing a Woods style drop down floor and a motor well further aft (big job). Keep posting.
Pete


I had a Stiletto 27, and the bracket position gave good performance even in very rough water. The trick is that the motor must be forward of the hull transoms, I do not believe you have enough space. It should work, but you may get some cavitation in heavy going. There is a good photo on my blog: http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/search/label/Stiletto%20Stuff

I wrote a book in part about cruising in a Stiletto 27. Rather than dodgers and visible adaptations, most of the changes were interior or concerned how we did things. I didn't want to weigh the boat down or to create permanent windage I would regret when a real wind came. We cruised many thousands of miles that way. We did have a sunshade, but we seldom used it underway. My favorite additions for cruising were built-in water and fuel tanks and a water pump.

Enjoy!