wrote:
Steve wrote:
After looking at many, many pocket cruisers, examining my needs once
again and listening to some rock solid advice given here, I've decided
the best cruiser for me is the Dana 24:

http://www.pacificseacraft.com/dana24.htm


Nice boat.
But I don't recall anyvbody here advising you to get one. Seems to me
you asked about "trailerable" boats, which the Dana 24 is not (unless
you define the term very loosely).

Actually I mentioned the Dana, but it certainly doesn't fit his
original parameters.



..... What
are the advatanges and disadvantages of the cutter rig?

Advantage: comes with a staysail already rigged.

Disadvantage: the staysail is too low & too far forward for best usage
as a storm sail. Added windage. Added complexity. Reduced efficiency
sailing to windward.

Some folks will say that the cutter rig is stronger. And they're right,
within the constraints of 1890s technology. In a modern small boat,
there is really no sound engineering reason to choose a cutter over a
sloop.

I always liked having a club-foot self tacking stays'l. A lot of my
early cruising was on a boat resembling a Stone Horse that had such a rig.



Is it smart to
use roller furlings for both sails?

A matter of taste. Personally, I would not. The big outer jib could
profitably be set on a roller furler, the smaller inner staysail is
likely to be too small to need one, and the extra rigging will get
underfoot.


What is typical water usage per
person per day?

For survival, one pint.
For non-survival, drinking only, about 3 pints (outside the tropics)
For actual living, anywhere from 2 gallons (for good campers) on up. My
wife & I use an average of about 10 gallons a day for the two of us,
we're relatively careful to conserve but not skimpy. The average
American uses about 25 gallons a day in the home (no doubt this average
is driven up by watering the lawn & washing the car, but you get the
idea).

Ten gal per day for two is a good estimate, but it is using a lot of
water. We use about half that, still taking daily showers. But we do
carry a lot of bottled drinks. We have a 80 gallon tank and run it
roughly half down in a week. A lot depends on the whether, water
temp, etc.



Will the extra water tank option change the balance of
the boat?

Yes

Depends on where it is.