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The Classic 55' Schooner
"Josephine"
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General Concept
Here, we have a stretched version of the schooner Lucille. Just as Lucille was named after BB King's guitar, Josephine has been named after Mighty Joe Young's guitar! Josephine is also the name of an outstanding tune by blues pianist, Henry Gray.
At 55' Josephine is planned as a highly classic performance cruising vessel, intended for construction in steel or aluminum. Displacement is 56,750 lbs on a waterline of 46.5 feet. Beam is 14' and draft is a slender 5.5 feet. In fact, these dimensions are extremely close to our aluminum ketch design, the 56' Shiraz.
As with Lucille, Josephine is designed with an easily plated rounded steel hull. The rig is intended to be a schooner, much like the sail plan of Redpath or Lucille. A ketch rig would work equally well however...!
The interior layout options are similar to those of the 50' Lucille, or those of the 56' Shiraz, however a number of other interior arrangements have been preliminarily sketched. Among them, one is intended to allow a large cabin amidships, or alternately two private guest suites, more or less as described for the 55' Wylde Pathaway prototype.
As with the other vessels in this series, the primary goals with Josephine have been fast cruising, windward ability, a highly traditional appearance, simplicity of construction, ruggedness, reasonableness of cost to build and maintain... in short, a practical boat that will be a pleasure to sail and to own - and would likely become a family heirloom.
Sail area is generous and the hull shape refined. Fortunately Josephine is blessed with a finely shaped transom, which will be quickly shown to anyone attempting to sail alongside...!
Josephine certainly fits the description of "the boat in which you'd like to be seen arriving!"
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