Many Modern Features In New Cabin Cruiser

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28536, 15 March 1958, Page 5

Many Modern Features In New Cabin Cruiser

rpHE sleek lines of a blue, grey, A and mahogany 21ft cabin cruiser, which is believed to be the most modern of its size and design in the South Island, attracted much attention on its trial cruise around the Estuary and by the New Brighton Power Boat Club recently. Built for a North Canterbury doctor, I. R. B. Jacobson, by Mr D. G. Killner, the cruiser is powered by two outboard motors —one of 35 h.p. and the other of 25 h.p.—and on its trial cruise with only one outboard in use, it reached a top speed of 16 miles an hour. The hull is built from an American design but the remainder of the cruiser was designed by Mr Killner. Some of the modern features include curved windows giving the cruiser the appearance of a late model American car. The windows are completely rubber sealed and watertight and for ventilation, roof vents, as used in caravans, have been built in and supply ample fresh air into the cruiser’s 54 sq. ft cabin.

is a speedometer indicating the cruiser’s speed in knots and miles ®"? our ' . the gear chan ge. and an amp. meter. Built into the sides of the flying aeck are a number of storage spaces and a cabin for the batteries outb oard motors’ self-starters. Power for cabin lights is supplied from these batteries or, when the ship is under way from the generator on the 35 h.p. outboard. Behind the flying deck is the motor well, where the two outboard motors are housed. The floor there is built on a slope and any water that may come in during rough weather will flow out through holes at the back. Mr Killner was originally ap-~ proached to build a conventionaldesigned boat from plan supplied, but after a few discussions with Dr. Jacobson they found a cruiser of the same size, 21ft, with an Bft beam, could be built in a more modern design for about the same price. With the approval of Dr. Jacobson, Mr Killner built the cruiser with white pine framing and skinned with three-eighths mahogany and three-eighths perspex for the windows

Cabin Lay-out The layout of the cabin has been carefully planned to allow many fittings—a sink with fresh water laid on from an eight-gallon tank, primus stove, bench, two bunks with storage space underneath, and even a small wardrobe—all accommodated without cramping the living space. Sitting in the cabin, a clear view can be obtained of ahead and on both sides of the boat with hardly any blind spots because of the curved windows. From the cabin, the door opens on to the 36 sq. ft. flying deck, from which the cruiser is steered by power steering running to the two outboard motors. On the flying deck two seats have been built up high, one for the pilot and one on the opposite side, and both give a complete view all around the cruiser. Underneath the two seats, again to save space, are stored two 12-gallon drums of outboard motor fuel. The tanks on the outboards hold five gallons each. In front of the pilot’s seat