{"id":15455,"date":"2011-02-27T15:01:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=15455"},"modified":"2011-02-27T22:57:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T03:57:43","slug":"doing-what-they-are-designed-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/doing-what-they-are-designed-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing What They Are Designed To Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DF62<\/p>\n

The watercolor above is of a Deerfoot 62. She is the second aluminum yacht we built and is a sistership to our own Intermezzo ll. <\/em>Both were built in Capetown, South Africa. The photo was sent to us by Tim Gardner of Gardner Yacht Service, \u00a0Orange Park, Florida. Tim’s comments follow.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I don’t have the original picture available but here is a picture of a painting of a Deerfoot 62 (known as “EMMA” at the time) sitting at the dock on Nanny’s Cay Marina, Tortola. \u00a0The painting is in watercolor done by a marine artist who lived in a small town in upstate NY. \u00a0“EMMA” had just come from a major re-fit in Trinidad and I was delivering her to Ft Lauderdale where she was sold and I understand has taken a few more laps around the earth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have a softspot in our hearts for the Deerfoot 62. They were cutting edge, maybe even radical, by the standards of yacht design back in the late 1970s. Short overhangs, owners suite forward, aft engine rooms, and the swim step were new concepts. Their modest beam (14.5 feet\/4.4m) and shallow draft (5.5’\/1.7m) made for an interesting combination of cruising options and good seakeeping characteristics.<\/p>\n

From the artist’s impression to the real thing.<\/p>\n

\"DF<\/p>\n

This is Emma<\/em> at anchor on the Rio Charges in Panama. I understand Emma<\/em> was\u00a0built (under a different name Pegasus<\/em> ) at the same time
\nyour Intermezzo II <\/em>was built in South Africa. She has done 4\u00a0circumnavigations under her previous 4 owners, we are the 5th and hope to do
\nthe same. Emma is currently\u00a0berthed in Ventura and the folks at the Ventura Boatyard seem to know a lot\u00a0about Deerfoot’s.<\/p>\n

Any way love Set Sail and love our Emma.<\/p>\n

All the best, \u00a0Bob Parsons<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the Deerfoot 62s were at the beginning of the cycle, the yacht below came at the end of the Deerfoot series.<\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/p>\n

The photo above \u00a0is the Deerfoot 63 Astra<\/em> (ex Hotspur<\/em>). This was the first of our hulls designed with a 3D CAD program, Fast Yacht, written by George Hazen. We were George’s second customer, after Bruce Farr, and the combination of the 3D drawing tools and a velocity prediction program was a revelation. These ran on a HP 68000 series work station. A single VPP run would take all night (today they take seconds).<\/p>\n

\"Italy<\/p>\n

She has a deep (for us) draft of eight feet (2.4m) and a little taller rig than the norm. After sea trials in New Zealand her new owner sailed across the Pacific, from Auckland to Panama without stopping (if our aging memory is accurate) averaging 200 miles a day on the 4000 mile trip. This lovely yacht was built at Salthouse in Auckland, New Zealand, under Kelly Archer’s watchful eyes.<\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/p>\n

One of Astra’s owners, Mike Mayer, sent us these photos, and reports:<\/p>\n

Fred Somes had her built and sailed the boat from NZ to Detroit in 1990. He sold her in Ft Lauderdale in 92 to Eric Aschaffenberg who took her to New Orleans, back to Ft. Lauderdale and then to the Western Med.\u00a0 He shipped the boat back to Ft. Lauderdale and sold it to me in 1997.\u00a0 I took the boat to Chicago for 5 years, cruising Lake Michigan, Huron and the North Channel.\u00a0 We then took the boat out the St Lawrence to Halifax, New York, Bermuda and the Caribbean in 2002.\u00a0 We cruised the Caribbean for 3 years and in 2006 took the boat to Portugal and spent the summer cruising the Med to Italy.\u00a0 In 2007 we cruised Greece and Turkey.\u00a0 Then in late 2007 we sold her to Dorene Peterson.\u00a0 My understanding is that she only cruised Greece and Turkey and then last year, sold the boat to a retired USCG captain.\u00a0 He contacted me from the Canaries with some questions and said he was headed to Panama, and then up the West Coast to Seattle (or Portland).<\/p>\n

Over the 10 years we owned the boat we did quite a bit to her, including gutting the engine room and replacing everything including the engine (put in a 100hp replacing the 77hp which was great), painted the whole boat including the deck and rig, and redesigned the steering setup to remove the giant aluminum thing that was there (picture of replacement attached).\u00a0 We loved the boat very much and fully appreciated the great thinking behind her.<\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/p>\n

I have been watching with interest that you added a stern extension to the FPB.\u00a0 We had the extended sugar scoop on Astra<\/em> \u2013 and loved it.\u00a0 Plenty of room to board the dingy, and get at the garage doors.\u00a0 I also think it helped our speed as long as we had the boat weight trimmed right.<\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/p>\n

Thank you for a wonderful boat.<\/p>\n

\"Astra<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Deerfoot 63 marked the end of our involvement with this series of designs. We liked the design a lot. A good sailor, lovely interior (what you would expect from Kelly Archer and Salthouse), with a well developed swim step and garage. There were two of these built, and between them they have done many thousands of miles.<\/p>\n

\"CBParker<\/p>\n

The final photos in this first collection is of the FPB 64, Avatar<\/em>, sent to us by master photographer Carol Parker.<\/p>\n

\"CBPP<\/p>\n

Avatar<\/em> has been kicking around the South Pacific since launching, and has spent the last few months in New Caledonia.<\/p>\n

\"CBPP<\/p>\n

Carol, who along with husband Mike own this lovely yacht, has her own blog <\/a>which will keep you up-to-date with their cruising, and thrill you with her photographs.<\/p>\n

\"CBPP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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