1973 Herreshoff Rozinante, 28’, $34,900, Bowdoin, Maine

PETREL DESCRIPTION

Built in 1973 in Portland, Oregon by Hank Chamberlin, PETREL is an outstanding example of L. Francis Herreshoff’s Rozinante design. She is ready for those who wish to conjure up their own adventures in a classic double-ender that will slide through the water in the lightest of breeze, gallop along when the wind becomes a bit frisky, and sit quietly in a secluded anchorage at the end of a perfect day.

Rozinante is one of the most popular small cruising boat designs, and with good reason. She features a relatively light and very sleek hull form compared to English canoe yawls, and her hull lines are regarded by many as some of the most beautiful ever drawn, in any genre. Her draft is more than most canoe yawls of her size, giving her greater power to carry sail. She has a correspondingly large rig to push her along well in light air, as befits a boat that was originally intended to be engineless. She is regarded as an exceptionally sweet-sailing boat and is a great performer in a wide range of winds. For cruising, she features a snug cabin just large enough to provide honest sleeping and seating comfort for two people. Her large, deep cockpit offers unusually comfortable day sailing for a crowd, and is especially safe and secure-feeling, making it ideal for timid passengers or small children. The cockpit features a boom tent which can increase overnight accommodations. The ketch rig allows many tricks of balancing and maneuvering, allowing a quick reduction of sail while retaining full control by dropping the mainsail while retaining the jib and mizzen—a reassuring feature in a sudden squall. 

DIMENSIONS
LOA: 28’
LWL: 24’
Draft: 3.75’
Beam: 6.33’
Sail Area: 348 sq. ft.
Displacement: 6,611 pounds
Ballast: 3,360 pounds

Auxiliary Propulsion:
Torqueedo Travel 1003 electric outboard with side mount

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.