All@Sea said..Ramona said.. I considered them before I bought my currawong. This one has a nice interior. Wheel steering would put me off, makes the cockpit very tight. Flattening reef and one full reef in the main with a large overlapping furling headsail looks like she has been a mainly a harbour racer. Much depends on what the other headsails are like but offshore where I am you would just use a furling No2 and a mainsail with 3 reefs. The Carter 30 I believe is lighter and more tender than my Currawong and would probably need to reef earlier. With lazyjacks and a stackpack and with at least one more reef added to the main this would be OK two handed offshore.
One of my favourite Richard Bennett photos from "Ocean Classics" is of a Carter 30 with just one man on deck...
Sorry about the crappy photo quality. the caption says: Bob Lawler's Carter 30 'Firetel' off the New South Wales coast. "It shows the endless wastes and loneliness of the ocean; little boat and lust one the one man to be seen, at the wheel."
That's is a fantastic photo. So the Carter 30, when handled well, have no problem in a blow then.
my sailing waters are far western Victoria, so when I get out from behind the break wall im straight into the southern ocean, the shelf is about 5 mile out.
Ive been surfing for over 20 year so I can read weather pretty well. I remember when we had jump on our pushies down to the milk bar and leaf through the local paper to get the three days Synoptics.
Anyways looking for a half toner or the like, can be handled well single handed and will get me back home should the weather turn hard. I do love a full keel but I don't really need a slug that will cross an ocean at the moment. Got 30k.
Ive looked at a couple of h28's but they seem a bit too Over kill for me.
I like currawongs, had a compass 28 already, more of a traditional lines kinda guy. Can anyone's push me in the right direction? It gets a bit over whelming with options.
Then old shoe a heavy weight 16 fter, and birdwatcher with a full length cabin and a full length hatch to go with it !
