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Edmunds resisted some of the bumps and bulges indicative of the International Offshore Rule IOR , but still gave the Two accommodation plans were offered: an aft cockpit with conventional layout of V-berth, saloon, and quarter berth Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews and galley flanking the companionway; and an unusual center-cockpit layout with V-berth forward immediately followed by opposing settees, and then galley and head more or less under the Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews cockpit.

The master suite is in the aft cabin, of course. The hull is solid fiberglass and includes the molded keel cavity for internal ballast; the deck is balsa-cored. Overall construction quality is rated above average. Austria-born George Hinterhoeller emigrated to Canada in the s and began doing what he did all his life: build boats, first out of wood, then fiberglass composites.

He left in to again form his own company, Hinterhoeller Yachts. The company built two distinct model lines: the better known Nonsuch line of cruising boats with unstayed catboat rigs, and the Niagara line. About Niagara 35s were built between and Canadian naval architect Mark Ellis Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews designed the Niagara 35 as well as all of the Nonsuch models. He gave the 35 a beautiful, classic sheer with generous freeboard in the bow, swooping aft Ship Wooden Sailboat Reviews to a low point roughly at the forward end of the cockpit, and then rising slightly to the stern.

The classic influence also is seen in the Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews relatively long overhangs; todays trend is to lengthen the waterline as much as possible, with near plumb bows, discounting the old belief that overhangs were necessary for reserve buoyancy. So the Niagara 35 has a somewhat shorter waterline than the others in our group of nine, but as the Building A Wooden Shipping Crate Listen hull heels, the overhangs immerse and sailing length increases.

The cruising fin keel is long enough for the boat to dry out on its own bottom should the need arise, like drying out Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews against a seawall in Bali to paint the bottom. Sorry-just dreaming! The spade rudder seems a little unusual for a cruiser. The worry, of course, is delamination of the core to the inner and outer skins should water penetrate through to the core.

This is why quality builders remove balsa coring wherever through-hulls or bolts Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews pass through the hull or deck, and fill the area with a mix of resin and reinforcements. Hinterhoeller was such a builder, but core integrity still deserves close inspection during a pre-purchase survey. All bulkheads are tabbed to the hull and deck with strips of fiberglass, and this is an important detail for an offshore boat.

Many mass-produced boats have molded fiberglass headliners that prevent tabbing bulkheads to the deck; rather, the bulkheads simply fit into molded channels in the headliner, which Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews do not prevent them from moving slightly as the boat flexes in waves. Hardware quality is good. And the original rigging was Navtec rod. Owners report no structural problems. With its moderately heavy displacement, conservative sailplan, and relatively large keel, the Niagara 35 is not a speed demon, and does not point as high as a boat with a deep, narrow fin keel.

But thats not what were after here. The 35s specs are just about what we want for a versatile cruising boat. Owners say performance picks up quickly as the breeze fills in. If the sailplan were larger, for improved light-air performance, youd have to reef sooner, and Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews reefing is work.

The long keel has another advantage, and that is improved directional stability over shorter keels, which means less effort at the helm. We tend to think that a powerful below-deck autopilot can steer any boat, but autopilots struggle, too. A boat thats easy for the crew to hand steer also is easy Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Ship Reviews Wooden Sailboat for the autopilot to maintain course. A lot of Niagara 35s were equipped with Volvo saildrives rather than conventional inboard diesel engines.

Advantages of the saildrive: improved Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews handling in reverse and lower cost. Disadvantages: potential corrosion of aluminum housing and not as much power. Various inboard diesels were fitted: Westerbeke , , and horsepower models, and a Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Universal M35D, all with V-drives. Owners rate access somewhat difficult. Two interior layouts were offered: the Classic, in which the forepeak has a workbench, shelves, seat, and Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews stowage instead of the usual V-berth; and the Encore, which has an offset double berth forward, and quarter berth and U-shaped galley aft.

The saloon in the Classic, with settees and dining table, is farther forward than usual; the head and owners stateroom, with single and double berths, is aft. Both plans have their fans. Headroom is 6 feet, 4 inches in the main cabin and 6 feet, 2 inches in the aft cabin. Berths are 6 feet, 7 inches long; a Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews few owners say berth widths are a bit tight. A couple of thoughts on the double berths offered in these two plans: V-berths are subject to a lot Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews of motion underway and so do not make great sea berths, but at anchor, ventilation via the forward hatch makes them far more comfortable than a stuffy Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews aft cabin, where its much more difficult to introduce air flow.

Thirty-year-old boats should be surveyed thoroughly. Nothing lasts forever, but boats well maintained last a lot longer. Pay particular attention to the balsa-cored hull and deck. If either has large areas of delamination, give the boat a pass, because the cost to repair could Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews exceed the value of the boat.

A few owners expressed concern about the boats handling off the wind, which surprises us somewhat. A test sail in lively conditions should answer that question. We much prefer the inboard. If you prefer the saildrive, look for signs of corrosion and get a repair estimate. The Niagara 35 Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews is a handsome, classically proportioned cruising sloop from one of the best builders of production boats in North America.

It is not considered big enough these days Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews to be a circumnavigator, but certainly large enough for a couple to leisurely cruise the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, and South Pacific.

From the beginning, the emphasis was Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews on performance. In , Cuthbertson retired to his Ontario farm, citing burn-out.

The Landfall cruiser series was introduced in , with the Landfall It was followed by the Landfall 35, Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews 38, and Production of the 38 ran from to , with about built. And the Landfalls have a higher degree of finish inside, along with layouts more suited Sailboat Reviews Ship Wooden Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Reviews Sailboat Wooden Ship to family cruising. The Landfalls perform very well, thanks to lightweight construction and speedy hull forms.

It appears most dated in the raked bow, but this better suits the anchoring duties on a cruising boat anyway. So what we said about the Niagara 35s balsa-core construction also applies to the Landfall 38, where it is Reviews Ship Sailboat Wooden found in the hull, deck, and cabintop. On the other hand, if you ever had to remove the deck-heaven forbid!

Deck hardware is through-bolted with backing plates Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews or large washers, although some of the fasteners come through on the underside, where the core transitions into the core-less flange. It means two things: water migrating down the fastener after the bedding fails can contact a little bit of balsa, and uneven stresses are placed on the fastener, which above deck can cause gelcoat Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews cracks.

Proper bronze seacocks protect the through-hulls, and hoses are double-clamped for added security. The mast butt is not deep in the bilge where it can corrode in bilge Endeavor 32 Sailboat Reviews 01 water, but rests on two floor timbers in the sump, above any water that would typically collect. The external lead-ballast keel is bolted through the keel Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews sump in the hull. Its run is flat, and the boat can sit on its keel, allowing it be careened against a seawall for bottom painting, prop repairs, or other work in locales where boatyards are rare.

In our earlier review, we noted that the engine compartment has no sound insulation, despite its proximity to Wooden Ship Sailboat Reviews the owners berth, but gluing in some lead-lined foam is within the capability of most owners. A percent genoa measures square feet, which is a handful for older crew. Roller furling with maybe a percent genoa would be a logical way to minimize the effort required to tack this boat.

Strangely, the Landfall 38 did not come standard with self-tailing winches; a highly recommended upgrade. The main halyard, Cunningham, and reefing lines are led aft to the cockpit, while the headsail halyards run to winches on deck near the mast.

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