The 55' to 70' Schooner Concept
"Wylde Pathaway"
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Wylde Pathaway is designed to be a performance cruising vessel for construction in aluminum. This prototype has been developed in sizes from 55' to 70' on deck. The 70' version is illustrated here.
At 55' on deck, displacement is 50,000 lbs on a waterline of 45 feet and a draft of 5.5 feet. Wylde Pathaway was originally conceived to carry a schooner rig similar to that of Redpath and Lucille.
This design could just as easily carry a ketch rig, and has in fact been developed into the 56' Shiraz, with a ketch rig, and designed for construction in aluminum.
The single chine hull form was chosen in order to achieve the maximum performance per dollar. With a simply built, therefore economical and easily driven hull form, one can afford to make the vessel a bit longer and realize some very real performance gains. Given the fine and slender hull form, theoretical hull speed will be exceeded fairly easily. With the 55' version, true hull speed is expected to be close to 10 knots.
The vastly simplified gaff schooner rig has been updated to use modern spar and sail materials, and a performance oriented sail cut. Fast cruising and windward ability, along with simplicity of materials, ruggedness, reasonableness of cost to build and maintain, these are the primary goals of the design.
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