{"id":770,"date":"2012-03-02T09:56:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T13:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckpaine.com\/blog\/?p=770"},"modified":"2012-04-21T07:40:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T11:40:58","slug":"a-new-version-of-frances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckpaine.com\/blog\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"A NEW VERSION OF FRANCES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KARMA, AN EARLY FLUSH-DECKED FRANCES<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is where the famous FRANCES 26<\/em><\/strong> design started- a flush-decked, shoal draft cruising yacht without an engine. Dick Cross sailed KARMA<\/em><\/strong> from Maine to the Caribbean for the winter in 1977.\u00a0 It is still a fine design but in my retirement I thought I would bring her up to date with a host of improvements. Over 200 of the yachts are now sailing, but they are getting a bit long in the tooth. If you would like a brand new FRANCES<\/em><\/strong> with full headroom and a much more effective keel, look no further. The drawings are nearing completion and if you hanker after the finest small adventuring yacht ever designed, I challenge you to find anything better.\u00a0 Renamed La Luz <\/strong><\/em>and now fitted with an engine, she is presently in the Galopagos after a quick passage from Panama. I’ll just quote a recent email from her owner:<\/div>\n
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“Just saw my boat LaLuz ex Karma on the Chuck Paine blog. Do\u00a0 you recall which hull number she is? I had heard that Art Paine did some of the original interior work. I also remember reading bits and pieces about Dick Cross and a sinking during an early BOC event.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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We are currently in the Galapagos islands. We made the trip from Panama in 7 days, 6 hours. We never started the engine and were becalmed 30 hours. Granted we had a nice 1 knot current behind us, but she really flew along wing and wing in the 15 to 22 knot NE breeze.Our Windpilot self-steerer has an easy time keeping\u00a0 her balanced sails and hull going straight, and all we have to do is stare at the wake and dream about cold-beer and fresh water showers. We thought she was as good as it gets??….”<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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For more information please click here http:\/\/www.chuckpaine.com\/pdf\/26FRANCES26.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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