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"The perfect daysailer should have …smooth handling, comfort and a high fun-to-grief ratio. Delivering all three isn't easy, but designer Jeremy Wurmfeld and sailmaker Robbie Doyle have achieved the trifecta." - Sailing World
We’re happy to announce that e Sailing Yachts is extending our 2010 new e33 pricing and sales incentives through the end of January 2011. Now is the perfect time to get into the new e33! There are also two amazing opportunities to get into a pre-owned e33 by next season as well.
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End of Season Letters
December is the time of holiday cards and those newsy letters from family and friends. Here are two we’ve received from our e33 family members that are well worth sharing.
The first is from Mark McConnell of Washington, DC who took delivery of his new e33 Enthusiast from Lyman-Morse this past June. Look for some of Mark’s reflections on his new e33 in Yachting World’s February 2011 issue.
The second letter hails from Toronto, Ontario, where Oliver Lennox-King just finished up his second season on his e33 erewhon. He wrote us about the joys of solo sailing his e33.
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Mark and Leslie McConnell out on the Chesapeake, enjoying Enthusiast
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Dear e Sailing Yachts,
The challenge to our sailing is time. Job demands reduce time for sailing, and travel demands make advance planning difficult. Clearing a full day to sail with advance notice to invite crew is a rare luxury.
We shopped for a boat that is simple to maintain, can be sailed single-handed, and can get underway quickly. We wanted room to sail with eight or even more people, but did not want to compromise the quality of sailing – we still wanted speed, responsiveness, and the challenge of growing our skills.
We test-sailed most of the luxury day sailers, but when Jeremy Wurmfeld took us out on the e33, we entered a different league. The boat is stable, fast, and responsive, and the sailing experience is tiller and lines, not push-button winches. Maintenance is simple, and so is getting underway. On the same boat we can we can focus on traveler, Cunningham and vang, adjusting jib leads and squirting out a little more speed, or we can focus on guests sunning themselves on cushions in the cockpit.
We moor our e33 – “Enthusiast” – in a cove by our house. The cove is a popular anchorage for cruisers. The pattern this summer was that cruising boats would anchor, and after an hour or so they would motor over to get a closer look. The sun is shining in the cove right now, and the wind is picking up. She’ll be underway in 20 minutes.
Thank you!
Mark |
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Oliver Lennox-King sailing erewhon solo on Lake Ontario
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Dear e Sailing Yachts,
Sailing my e33 made last summer my best in many years. The boat has been more than a pleasure; it’s everything that a sailor could want. It’s easy to sail and very forgiving and yet still very fast and responsive. Gone are my days of getting crew together; I was looking for a boat that I can single-hand, and this is it. And when family or friends do want to come there is so much room in the cockpit, it’s no problem to load up. I’m in my early 60’s and have found a boat that I can sail for many years to come.
This summer I was able to improve my single-handing on erewhon in numerous ways. First and foremost, the tiller pilot and then the tiller tackle systems have changed my life. I am now able to load up the spinnaker or the code zero and attend to other things.
I use the following drill to fly my spinnaker while sailing solo. I always set from the cockpit on the leeward side under the boom, making sure to get the tack forward as quickly as possible. Even before hoisting, the tack should be near or forward of the shroud. The tiller is on the pilot at this point. The spin sheet is cleated, but far out. As the spinnaker goes up the tack line comes in to about a meter above the deck at the bow, which for me appears to be the best height. Only when the spinnaker is full, or at least forward, does the jib get furled. For jybing I generally try and get the spinnaker through to the new side as we go dead down wind.
In lighter air, using the code zero sail means having a great deal of fun zooming past the heavier displacement boats. The e33 gives a great sensation of speed given that the cockpit is not far off the water.
In heavier air, I reef at around 19 knots or so of breeze. How many other daysailers can do 8 ½ knots upwind in 18 knots of breeze while being sailed solo? It takes me less than a minute to reef. I put felt marks on all of my foresail settings and halyards, tacks and sheets. When I am reefing the main I can drop the halyard to my mark. I have also tied a thin line on that same reefing loop on the main luff so I can pull it down and quickly find it under the Stack Pack. On the reefing eye on the leech of the mainsail, I have permanently attached a small block for ease of purchase of the reefing line.
The top of the leach opens up and spills the wind when it blows up. I found that keeping the boom not too far off center (with a tight boom vang) and easing the sheet before easing the traveler has meant I can keep the main full while opening up the leach some more.
Bottom line, this boat tracks beautifully and is very responsive to more wind or good sail setting. But it will still sail well if one wants to be lazy and not trim at all! It’s quite simply the perfect daysailer for me.
Best regards,
Oliver |
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e27 Orders for 2011
e Sailing Yachts and builder Lyman-Morse have been working hard to bring the e27 to market for 2011. The boat’s elegant lines, simple and efficient design, and appealing price point is turning heads. We are now taking orders for late 2011 delivery with special incentives available for the first 10 hulls. Contact us for order forms and more information.
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