Alphabet Photography Project
Alphabet Photography Project | M is for Monohull
Wednesday, December 16, 2015TheCambrians
Welcome to another installment of
the ‘Alphabet Photography Project’ a blog-hop sponsored by PODcast where each
week I post a picture from our life on the water (usually) that represents a
letter of the alphabet and write a short blog about it. This week’s letter is
‘m’ and I knew straightaway what word I wanted to share: Monohull.
From Merriam-Webster:
Monohull /'mänō həl/ : a
vessel (as a sailboat) with a single hull.
It’s
an age-old argument: monohulls versus multihulls (boats with more than one hull
such as a catamaran or a trimaran) and most sailors feel strongly about their
preference. We’re no different. Based on the fact that we’ve owned and lived
aboard sailboats for decades, it’s obvious where our loyalties lie and Cambria is my favourite monohull in the world. Sure. There
are times I feel a bit of boat-envy when stepping aboard a Hallberg-Rassy 48,
but it’s short-lived.
Launched
in 1998 by the Westerly Group Ltd. in Hampshire , England Pacific Northwest “skookum” (solid and strong). Built to Lloyd’s
standards, she’s 43 feet of pure ocean-going heaven that glides through the
water at amazing speeds for her weight. But more than anything else, she’s
home.
Choosing
a photo of her from the thousands we have on file was difficult, so I finally
settled on the one we use for our phone. It was taken last year in one of our
favourite anchorages in British Columbia Octopus Islands Marine Park
If you’d like to learn
more about Cambria , check out our “About the Boat” page or have a look at some interior photos here.
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