Jean-Michel Linck is no stranger to the world of shipbuilding. Sailor and builder of many sailboats (Class 9.50, Mini 6.50 catamaran Fusioneuros), he has often worked with the architect Gildas Plessis. It is besides on one of his plans built in plywood that he left for a ballad around the Atlantic of more than 13000 Miles. It is during this journey, which he returned alone, that he had time to imagine his next "ideal" boat.
It will be the Sail SCOW 37, a fast cruising boat, a bit like what the Structure shipyard offers with the Pogo. Except that this time, the idea is to use the benefits of the round bow hull of the scow type.
The Scow, a great idea!
According to Gildas Plessis who is the architect, the scow hull "is a great idea. Designing this type of boat comes at the right time. But we have to make something sexier than the productions currently proposed on the market. (Editor's note: Gildas Plessis is referring to the Revolution 29 built in aluminum by AFEP Marine). By increasing the level of tension in the lines and by improving the design, we can make a nice racing-cruising boat that is very livable.
Volume in the front, but a reasonable beam
The first drawings that the architect shows us are indeed promising. The very wide bow is not really round, but looks more like the marotte of an Optimist. "Built as a sandwich, the boat will be light. But not too light, because you also need to keep the weight to go through the waves without stopping".
The volumes in the bow do not require building a sailboat that is too wide. The Sail SCOW 37 will be less wide than the competition. It will be equipped with a choice of a lifting keel or a fixed keel.
A 2 x 2 m bed!
In terms of layout, the round bow allows for all sorts of delusions: "We can put two real double cabins in the bow with beds of 140 x 200 in a yacht of less than 11 m! And in the owner's version, we can make a single huge cabin with a king size bed of 200 x 200!" The plans for this preliminary design propose from 2 to 4 cabins.
Faster at all speeds
As for the navigation, the architect does not hide the fact that "it will be difficult to sail well in short choppy seas upwind. But when cruising, we avoid this kind of condition if we can. Otherwise, in all other points of sail, the gain will be enormous. The Sail Scow will still sail above 10 knots with no problem."
An exciting project
You can tell by the sound of his voice, Gildas Plessis is enthusiastic about this project: "The Scow hull is an obvious choice for performance at sea and for cruising, because of its habitable volume. Now Jean-Michel Linck has to succeed in setting up the shipyard, finding financing and launching the construction. We hope that this boat will see the light of day, as it is so exciting on paper.
Sail SCOW 37
- Length : 10 M 80
- Bau hull : 3 m 80
- Estimated light weight : 3800 kg
- TE : keelboat 1,90 m
- TE QR : 1 m / 2,40 m
- Carbon rigging
- Upwind canopy : 96 m2
- GV : 49 m2
- Genoa : 57 m2
- Engine: 20 hp
- Construction: Epoxy glass sandwich
- 3 layout versions: from 2 cabins to 4 cabins
- Year of construction: 2019
- Architecture agency : G. Plessis YD
- Marketing and contact: Jean-Michel Linck - 07 67 41 93 60
