Finisterre, S&S, Allied Seabreeze and overhangs

[CapKos]

Hi All,
I just crossed the Med with an Allied Seabreeze, and was positively surprised from the excellent stability and seaworthiness of this boat. Allied Seabreeze was designed with the same concept of the famous Finisttere of S&S, and have extremely high overhangs (LOA/LWL = 1.43), large beam 10ft, and relatively low ballast ratio – 0.3. My question is: is it such a boat saves for offshore sailing and possible ocean crossing?
Cheers,
CapKos,
Freelance and Corsair

[FAST FRED]

is it such a boat saves for offshore sailing and possible ocean crossing?

With much weathert planning and a bit of LUCK many folks circumnavigating have only seen a 35K breeze or less.

The North Atlantic in February is a hard place for any boat ,the Caribbean is a different experience.

Read of other folks voyages.

We have a Benateau First 32 , at our dock,that crossed the Atlantic in season with style. Hardly any cruisers dream of an ocean crosser , but it works.

FF

FF

[CapKos]

Hi Fred,
I agree that in the good season it is possible to cross the Atlantic with nearly any boat, but should be good to have a boat able to resist any weather. I am asking mainly because the long overhangs surprise me. I remember that Slocum warning that this is not appropriate in big waves. But actually Finisterre was build exactly for the ocean racing. So I couldn’t understand where is the trick.

All the best,
Konstantin