Yak

We've made mention of this design before. The original boat was named Toc Toc and was built of steel. The boat was eventually developed into a production fiberglass boat that was built and marketed by Marlow Yachts of Deer Park, New York and called the Marlow 48. This was around 1970. From there the molds were purchased by Bennett Brothers Yachts of Wilmington, North Carolina. The model was renamed the Sunward 48. What you see here pertains to the Sunward 48.

Here are the plans.


And here is the most famous of all Sunward 48 owners, Walter Cronkite, aboard his boat Wyntje.

A blog reader was kind enough to send us these nice images of their Hughes 48, Iolani, which they sail out of San Fransisco Bay. The Hughes 48 is design #1956. You can see how the designed was inspired by Palawan III, design #1821.

Thanks for sending these and thanks for reading.

On July 2nd and July 3rd we posted information regarding a 48' classic along the lines of a downsized Anna, our design 2721. Anna is a 56' classic sloop that was launched in 2007. She was built by Brooklin Boat Yard and is a beautiful wooden boat.

Since her launch we have had a lot of interest from people wanting to build a sistership. However, building one is a ~$2,000,000 proposition and is not within the reach of many sailors.

The development of the S&S48 is as follows: Having just launched (see posting of September 10th) a 48' modern classic at Lyman Morse, we have taken advantage of the fact a high quality hull mold exists and have styled a deck in a similar fashion to Anna (and Stormy Weather, etc). As such we have developed a scaled down version of Anna.

Our earlier postings showed an interior layout in a daysailer configuration. Since that time we have developed an interior arrangement with some optional layouts as well. Please note that in the following general arrangement we show a 3 cabin boat. The excerpts are substitutions: if one wishes to have a separate shower (on port) then the port quarter cabin is lost, a separate shower is added as well as a pilot berth. If one wishes to have a bigger galley then the starboard quarter cabin is lost and a much improved galley is substituted.

We are anticipating serious cost savings due to the fact this is a much smaller boat and by using the existing hull tooling. For additional information please feel free to contact us.

Here is a preliminary design for a canal cruiser with 48'-3" length overall for Irving Johnson, drawn in 1978. Remember, Irving Johnson owned Yankee (design #1278), and is very well documented as having cruised the canals of Europe extensively aboard her. See my posting of August 27, 2010 regarding Yankee by clicking here.

He probably got tired of stepping and unstepping the masts and you obviously can't sail the boat in the canals, so got the motorboat bug. Nothing became of this design beyond what you see here. You can find the principal dimensions on the right side of the plan (double click on the plan itself for zoom). Not a bad looking boat. Overall height as shown on the plan was limited by bridge clearance.