The Concept
Designed to be a simple steel or aluminum sailing craft the 30'
Pilgrim concept design is shown above. A similar
design is the
Grace 32. Both are intended to have the same
interior layout, and both have similar displacement, etc.
Sea going...? This is the byword with the Pilgrim.
A well shaped cruising keel with keel hung rudder, relatively shoal draft,
and an easily built single chine steel or aluminum hull. The single
chine shape is easy to achieve with any panel material, so it would be
simple to build a mold in order to construct the hull in fiberglass or to
simply build the design in plywood.
The Rig
The cutter rig was chosen for its simplicity and good windward sailing.
Being a prototype, there are any number of combinations that would be
possible, not only with the rig but also with the hull form, the interior,
the preferred materials and so on... This kind of flexibility is one
of the key benefits of working with a prototype in order to create a new
design.
Aft Perspective |
Side Perspective |
Aft Above Perspective
