Buccaneer 24 Builders Forum

Tri hulls

I was just about to pull the trigger and buy a tri and found this website quite by accident. Wife and I were wanting something of a coastal boat we could spend nights on in comfort. I suppose it's like anything else, you can go as far as you want. I'll look some more and do a little more reading.

 

Pics

Does anyone have any pics inside the cabin of these boats or a web adress that may have them?

 

diegokid - if you go to page 9 you wil find 4 or 5 pics there.......

 

pics

Thanks

 

posts

What were the main differences between the buc24 and the 28. Besides 4 feet that is.

Got to stop reading for awhile, my eyes are aching. I hope ti finish my other project this week so maybe this can be my next.

 

The Buc 28 was not just a "stretched" B24.
It was bigger all round. Slept 5 people in comfort. It had a pivotting centreboard controllable from the cockpit. Was very fast --but not as close winded as the B24. It had a really good galley with plenty of food storage space and the head was accessable from the main cabin. Since it had a spade rudder as standard a 10 hp ouboard motor could be hung on the transom on a standard tilting bracket. With waterproof hatches there was plenty of storage room for light items in the floats. It was a very dry boat, with a good sheltering cockpit. Altogether the best multihull of the seven I have owned. Unfortunately I let the plans go when I sold the boat, and have regretted that ever since.

 

28

It's a shame. Just because something is older doesn't mean it's not up to date. So I'm assuming the 28 plans are lost. I e-mailed someone earlier that said they had a set.

Since the wife and I are packrats I wouldn't mind a set of both just because.

Other thing is it would be easier in my mind to build a boat over a year or so versus spending the amount of money some of the new tri's cost. Only thing I see negative so far is the setup time that should get easier with pratice.

 

'Ply'

This might be of use to any builders in the UK and Ireland - the nation wide company 'JEWSON' supply Marine Grade Ply 1088, they do not keep it in store so you have to order it - it works out at approx £26 per sheet, the price may vary slightly from store to store - I have made many enquiries for ply and this is just about the best price I could find anywhere in the UK......

 

mast height

What is the mast height on the 24 and the 28?

 

Mast height above step.
B24----30ft (9.144M)
B28----36ft (19.8M)

 

Changes

Unless your 24 is "up-dated" My mast is about 35' from the stock height step- and rotates, with about a stock foretriangle. The extra power is nice in light air areas, and /or for racing. B

 

Bruce.
It must be getting into winter where you are. How did your sailing/racing go during this Summer and Fall.??
And have you done any more "Tweaking" on your B24.
Cheers. Paddy.

 

Damn, I have a really nice 40 foot mast and a great set of sails ... really hard to say good bye to them. But I've enjoyed all the 6-8 knot sailing at 25 deg heel I can stand.

I wish there was a hot market for tricked out Catalina 30's ... what was I thinking!

R

 

40 footer

I have a mechanical device that we can make the mast shorter with! After that I could use it.

 

Diegokid 371

Hi, Trimarans don't heel, they may dip a few degrees as a gust comes in,
what they really do is accelerate very quickly, so your sail handling needs
to be good, to get the best performance.
We never spilled a cup of coffee, or more importantly, a beer in 15 years
of mucking about.
Being of a pack-packer nature, I guarantee, you will love a Bucc, from
the first moment she floats and so will your Wife,

Regards, Johnny.