"Candine" is a 1969 Spencer 44 ketch, She is hull 7 of a couple dozen of her kind, built of solid fibreglass back in the day when they did not know how thin they could go with fibreglass (a new technology then), so they hand laid it up "as thick as wood", and in some places like the keelson,,even thicker! Many a surveyor has described her as "heavily built". She is a typical Brandlmayr design - a strong and stable sea-boat for offshore cruising. Her modified full keel is six and a half feet deep (the draft), with 9,000 lbs of lead ballast bolted to the bottom . On paper she displaces 24,000 lbs. (her design weight in the water), but with all of our cruising gear, equipment and stores, fuel and water, she is probably closer to 30,000. She will not win alot of races (we plan for an average speed of 5 knots), but she will get us where we point her, through anything!
The website for the Spencer Yacht Owner's Group tells you everything you would to know about Spencer's Yachts: http://www.spenceryachts.net/
The website for the Spencer Yacht Owner's Group tells you everything you would to know about Spencer's Yachts: http://www.spenceryachts.net/
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Ummmm...waiting for an update!
Where are you guys, what are you doing?
Candine is a lovely boat, but I wanna hear about how her crew are doing!
Miss you guys!
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