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The 30' Fantail Cutter

'PILGRIM'

30' Cutter - Pilgrim - Click for Larger Image
Larger Image: Pilgrim 'Fantail 30'
Aft Perspective  |  Side Perspective  |  Aft Above Perspective

Copyright 2007 Michael Kasten

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.

The Cutter, Pilgrim 30 - Click for Larger Image
Aft Perspective  |  Side Perspective  |  Aft Above Perspective

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