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There is no doubt that this cuddy cabin, day cruiser, overnighter will stand out from the crowd. For those in the know, its practicality and efficiency brings pure enjoyment to their personal boating. The fiberglass cockpit of the R21-EC (the “EC” referring to the new Extended Cabin design) accounts for almost exactly half of the length of the boat. The pilothouse area of the cabin is designed for two persons with the helm to starboard immediately forward of the refrigerator and a passenger seat with footrest to port just ahead of the standard galley with sink, pressure water, and single-burner stove. A comfortable and roomy-looking V-berth with center-mounted porta-potti is a couple of steps below and forward.

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Height on trailer 9’ 4” 2.94m more

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Weight (dry) 3,150 lbs 1,428.8kg [links]

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Pocket Yachts are one of the fastest-growing segments of the marine industry. They offer a unique blend of manageable size, performance, simplicity, livability, and value. Carefully designed for long-range cruising, Pocket Yachts are refreshingly sensible choices against a sea of gas-guzzling, Euro-look alike cruisers.

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The Pocket Yacht Company has been at the forefront of the Pocket Yacht revolution. They offer Factory Direct Pricing on two sought-after brands on the market: Ranger Tugs and Cutwater Boats . Ranger Tugs embody the Pocket Yacht philosophy of optimized interior space. They feature efficient layouts and clever convertible elements that make life on the water enjoyable. Cutwater Boats offer sportier profiles, plenty of space to entertain, and the flexibility to take your boat anywhere you desire.

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Started by the father-and-son team of Mark and Tony Schulstad, together the two represent more than 60 years of experience in the marine industry. As passionate boaters, Mark and Tony have cruised extensively around the world, developing an appreciation for the core strengths of the boat brands Pocket Yacht represents. As experienced mariners, they place a significant premium on the Pocket Yacht’s ability to deliver “Big Boat” amenities in a compact, efficient design.

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The new Duffield 58 is a traditional Doug Zurn design: low profile, classic lines, narrow beam, fuel-efficient, and low maintenance for easy, comfortable cruising. It’s sea kindly, too, even before the addition of the standard Seakeeper gyrostabilizer.The Duffield 58 is the brainchild of Marshall “Duffy” Duffield—of the Duffy Electric Boat Company in southern California—who wanted a contemporary version of an owner-operated, single-diesel traditional West Coast trawler. He turned to Zurn, whose design studio in Marblehead, Massachusetts, has drawn elegant sail and power boats for Marlow, MJM, Lyman-Morse, and Bruckman, not to mention the eye-catching Shelter Island Runabout and Billy Joel’s 57-foot commuter yacht Vendetta. [links]

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The 18,700-pound displacement boat has a draft of only 3′ 5″, and the prop is protected by a skeg. The salon has a large galley to starboard, with a U-shaped, Ultraleather-covered settee to port that converts to a double bed. Down four steps, the master is forward with a walkaround queen berth, a cedar-lined hanging locker and a head with a stall shower.The pilothouse has seating for four on two Ultraleather® settees. Six opening windows and sliding doors give easy access to the decks on both sides. Aft, the cockpit is fully covered for all-weather protection. All in all, the American Tugs 365 is meant for easy cruising. americantugs.com

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Of course, if you want a turn of speed, Marlow’s twin 750-hp John Deere diesels produce a cruising speed of 21 knots and a top speed of just over 25 knots. The boat’s Velocijet Strut keel protects the running gear and helps provide superior stability and comfort in all sea conditions. Built with Kevlar, carbon fiber and modified epoxy, the Marlow 53E has an Ocean Class A certification, the international designation for a serious bluewater cruiser. Inside, the Marlow has three staterooms and two heads. The supersized master has a centerline king and his-and-her toilets. marlowyachts.com; (800) 362-2657 here

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The Grand Banks Aleutian 55 RP is a new and improved version of the popular yet now retired 53-foot raised pilothouse yacht. It has the room and amenities to make extended cruising even more appealing and comfortable. The new 55 uses the same hull as the 53 but is stretched in length by 2 feet. The addition creates more space in the cockpit and in the utility room—an often-overlooked area that’s important for long cruises or living aboard—located between the midships, full-beam master stateroom and the engine room. For the 55, Grand Banks also designed a new warmer, lighter interior, added more stowage in the galley, built a second boarding gate on the port side, and made it easier to access the flybridge from the cockpit.The salon remains a social area and has interior stairs leading up to the flybridge—a major safety feature. here

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Down below, the midship master stateroom takes advantage of the boat’s 16′ 3″ full beam, while the VIP stateroom in the bow has almost as much room. (A third guest cabin is between the two.) Up top, the flybridge is large enough for a sunpad forward of the helm station, while there’s another lounging area aft with a grill and fridge. Four solar panels across the front of the flybridge add to the trawler’s green appeal, while the twin 435-hp Volvo diesels and IPS 600 pod drives with joystick control are all state of the art. At a trawler speed of 7.5 knots, the Cranchi 53 has a range of 1,500 nm, but you can also power it up to a cruising speed of 15 knots. Top speed is 22 knots. cranchi.it; (855) 900-BOAT here

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Mass—which is related to, but not the same as weight—is a measure of an object’s resistance to acceleration. The greater an object’s mass, the greater its resistance to acceleration. A big propeller will have more resistance than a small one. Torque is the force that overcomes this resistance to acceleration—in our case, it is the measure of the turning force being applied to the propeller shaft. 

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Things are even worse when switching between forward and reverse, because now the propeller is already turning, but in the wrong direction. The engine has to stop the spinning propeller and get it spinning in the other direction without stalling. More than one engine manufacturer has tried to improve efficiency by adding high reduction gears in order to decrease shaft speeds and drive large propellers, only to find the engines died as boats came alongside and shifted into reverse to stop. This can be quite embarrassing. more

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Now let’s fast-forward 120 years to my boat, Nada. She is 48 feet on deck and weighs 18 tons (one-eighth the weight of Elmore). The standard engine is a Yanmar diesel, also rated at 110 hp, but at 3,200 rpm, about 10 times as fast as the Atlas. The Yanmar weighs one quarter of a ton, or about one-fortieth the weight of the Atlas. At 8 knots, fuel consumption is also around 4gph.

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It is ironic that the incessant drive to decrease engine weight and increase their power-to-weight ratio has forced us to use increasingly inefficient propellers. Here we have a 120-year-old vessel that weighs vastly more than ours, with an engine that is many decades old, achieving fuel economy that is similar to ours. 

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The prop aperture on our boat is plenty big enough to swing a wheel up to 26 inches in diameter and still have adequate tip clearance between the propeller b here