David Wrate Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Hey folks, first time poster here. I live on Vancouver Island and coming from a Crown 34 that I sold in 2014. Miss being on the water but not prepared to deal with the costs involved with a big keelboat again. Looking to build something in the 17’ - 19’ ft range. Boats in the running are: -Pocketship (may be a bit small at 14’ 10”) - Devlin Eider 17 (having a hard time finding interior pics to assess space) - Norwalk Island Sharpie 18 (folks who have a Norwalk seem to love them) - Core Sound 17 Mk2 (cabin space seems to be much less than the Belhaven 19 but not surprising at 2’ less overall length. - Belhaven 19 (from all I’ve read here also a very popular design.) Use will be day sailing with my wife and some overnight trips but I don’t expect to do long cruises. My building space is 18’ x 23’ and it’s pretty packed with wood and metal working tools so 19’ is about the largest I could manage I think. Wondering if folks have any guidance that might help me make my decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 Hi David, Yes, the Belhaven has a lot more interior space than the CS17 mk3. I positioned an updated CS20 mk3 which has more cabin height than the 17, on top of our newly updated Belhaven and sliced off the outboard couple of feet so that you can see the space difference on center and at the quarter beam. The B19 is green. The CSmk3's were designed for beach cruising and events like the Everglades Challenge where you need to be able to row. The water ballast can be added or subtracted to enable beach launching, be lighter for light air performance and towing with a smaller vehicle and sail in very skinny water. I have dragged Carlita all over the country with a 1.9 liter vehicle. The Belhaven was designed as a normal trailer sailor and has more freeboard and a shorter cockpit. There is no bridge deck making it easier to go below. The bunks are about 4" higher making sitting a bit more comfortable. The plans were drawn way back using 2d CAD making it not accurate enough for CNC cutting. We have been updating her starting with 3d modeling her hull. The cabin was raised a couple of inches by one owner so we raised the freeboard by 2" while we were at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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