Capable of Long Passages Capable of Long Passages Tom Hughes, Yankee 30 "Frolic" in Half Moon Bay, California
I am another satisfied Yankee 30 owner. I have owned a 1972 Mark 1 since
1985. "Frolic" is moored in Half Moon Bay, CA now, after berthing
it in Sausalito for 8 years. I agree will Don about the sailing characteristics
of the boat and the interior acrobatic skills neccesssary to manuever in
the dinette interior version. There is a second interior arrangement besides
the dinette which featured a roomier main cabin with an port-side L-shaped
bench connected to the engine cover, which is centrally located just behind
the mast. It had a galley on the starboard-side and an aft quarter berth
on one side....my memory is fading on me, it has been a few years since
I was aboard a Yankee 30 Mark 3 with this interior. I must admit it felt
much roomier and it was much easier to pass people below.
In October 1989, my wife and I cuised Frolic down to Zhuatanejo on the
Mexican mainland and back up to the Sea of Cortez for the spring, then
unfortunately back to work in Santa Clara, CA by July. The boat is excellient
for short-handed sailing or single_handed. We never had a problem structurally
or with the rigging or with the "Atomic Bomb" gasoline engine.
I fact we had an easier time getting fuel than the diesel crowd, even the
remotest fishing village has four-stroke powered pangas.
The yankee is a solid, medium-displacement, racer-cruiser and quite capable
of long passages if properly provisioned and maintained.
I wish I was going cruising again soon........<slap> snap out of
it and get back to work!
8/30/1994
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