GeorgS
Veteran Member
You speak perfect English; better than the majority of Irish people with their own peculiar vernacular vocabulary!
I like the pedro designs; simple with lovely lines.
The Donkey is classified as cat:B offshore too, that's very impressive for what's basically an inland/estuary Dutch cruiser.
If I remember correctly the first pedro designs were frameless construction; but I think so little weight is saved it doesn't make sense as you have to use thicker steel plating to compensate.
Peter, I'm sure the EU-officials don't test-drive a boat like the Donky 34 in 4 meters high waves and 8 Beaufort and decide afterwards if it will fit in category B "Offshore" or better in category C "Inshore" ;-)
We've had some really exciting storm-rides in the Donky 30 and the large salon-windows were not exactly made to calm the crew.
Some design-features required for the "B"-badge are rather obstructive in the harbor or inland waterways, this is one of the reasons why many steel-cruisers are built for the category C and not for the more demanding B-category.