Design
Pocket Cruiser
Designed by Michael Stevenson
The Pocket Cruiser answers a specific request that came into Popular Science: an overnighter as easy to build as the Weekender, for people who cared more about room inside than about lively sailing. At 14 ft she has a great deal of both cabin and cockpit, and the company is unusually frank about what that cost. The taller cabin adds windage, the wide beam resists heeling so she does not get the Weekender's dynamic lift except in a stiff breeze, and the wide flat bottom will pound going to windward through a heavy chop.
The interesting piece of design in her is the board. A conventional centreboard trunk would have cut the cabin in half, which is the one thing she exists to avoid, so she carries bilge-boards instead, a pair of boards mounted outboard of the cabin space on either side. Those have worked out, and the cabin stays whole.
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| Eider 17 | Devlin | 17′ 4″ (5.28 m) | 0 |
| Snipa no. 30 | Båtritningar | 5.4 m (17′ 8″) | 0 |
| Duckling 17 Sailing Version | Devlin | 17′ 3″ (5.27 m) | 0 |