{"id":1273,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:08:50","slug":"early-peterson-ior-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/early-peterson-ior-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Peterson IOR Design"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi Steve, I’ve read your Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia and Surviving the Storm ( both are fantastic) and have some questions about a particular boat I’m considering. It’s a 78 Doug Peterson design, 43′ IOR. It’s beamy (13′ 3"), 7′ 9" draft, 17,500 #’s with 9,000#’s ballast, fin keel, spade rudder. No trunk cabin or pilothouse. I read in the encyclopedia your warnings about "later" IOR boats……does this qualify? I’ve been unable to personally view the boat and can only rely on pictures, but it seems to have more in common with your designs in terms of hull shape and lines than, for instance, Neil Hunter’s Farr 40 Around Alone boat (it was for sale awhile back). Not near as shallow as the Farr. The Peterson has what appears to be a relatively fine bow\/entry angle, a bit more overhang there than I’d like though. The big draw for me is the fact that it’s aluminum construction (the interior is somewhat spartan\/exposed, and resembles the longitudinal and athwartships framing from your designs) and would afford me more piece of mind in terms of any changes and\/or additions I would make in the future. It also appears to have more in the way of topsides than later IOR’s. I have a number of other questions, but I’ll stop for now. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jeff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi Jeff: This sounds like one of the boats built by Carl Eichenlaub? By early IOR I typically refer to the first generation S and S boats, and similar. These boats had displacement-length ratios closer to the CCA designs, deeper canoe bodies, and modest beams (albeit beamier than CCA) and hence relatively balanced lines.<\/p>\n

I don’t clearly recall the shape of the early Peterson boats, but my recollection is that they had a reputation for being tough to control downwind in strong breezes. I could be wrong on this.<\/p>\n

Probably a good boat in light to moderate conditions–most race boats of this era were optimized for light airs. However, it would be hard for me to comment accurately on the boat in a blow without seeing her or sailing on the boat. – Steve<\/p>\n

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