Peter S/Y Anicula wrote:
Don't you think that the discomfort has more to do with the size of
the boat than the design?

Depends on how much bigger.
Not only are bigger boats roomier with better stowage and more
comfortable access & cabin layouts, but their very size makes them more
seaworthy and less bouncy underway (all else being equal, of course).


Or was it leaking as well, even if it wasn't it must have been wet?
Was it an old-fashioned wood open cockpit folkboat?

I'm thinking that in 1968 it would have to have been wood.

The Kings Cruiser was a lovely boat. It was cramped for a 29 footer,
especially by modern standards. For example, the Hunter 290 we recently
sailed had an aft cabin where the Kings Cruiser didn't even have a
place. And even with the doghouse, they don't have standing headroom for
an average size adult... but unlike the Folkboat, you can at least
stretch out enough to get your pants on.

We raced the KC29 in a PHRF fleet for a couple of seasons... compared to
the average mass-produced racer cruiser of that era, it was't slow
except hard on the wind... and then if it was choppy, that evened things
up. one of the benefits of the old fashioned narrow hull is that it goes
thru steep waves much easier. Of course it would not take off and fly
off the wind like a modern boat will. But of the short-keeled
attached-rudder heavy disp boats I've sailed, it was one of the most
mannerly (or is it my memory looking back with rose-colered glasses?).
It was a great boat... but I'm not really tempted to go that way again,
even for nostalgia.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King