A Case for the small(er) Motorsailer

These were pretty popular, Marina 7.5



Early models with the 12hp Yanmar could run at hull speed for 3 hours on a gallon of diesel, and they sail reasonable too.

 

I've seen a couple of these in the flesh. Quite a pretty boat too.

 

Henry and Glory were an amazing duo.
Re when they went up the west coast of the USA, Henry had received an invitation to a friends birthday party in San Francisco. He and Glory were in Poole, in England at the time, and he received the invitation with plenty of advance notice (I think about a year).
Most folk would be wondering about how they would cope with the 12 hour plane journey to California - not Henry. He and Glory decided to sail there. It took them a while, but they got there - in time for the birthday party. And Henry then sailed home again, via Panama.
On his outbound trip he arrived in Barbados in poor condition - I think he had started off with a cold, which developed into pneumonia - my Mum had been talking to him every day on her Maritime Mobile ham radio net, and my folks promptly organised for somebody to keep an eye on Glory, and they shanghaiied Henry to their home so that he could recover under supervision (my Dad was a retired GP).
I have attached a nice PDF article about Henry and Glory - he certainly had some amazing adventures.
Also a (not very good) scanned copy of an article from Practical Boat Owner magazine about the indefatigable duo.