We built a new 60' Hood designed sailboat for Craig and Alice Cullen that replaced their Seguin 44, WINDWALKER. The original parameters were to build a larger boat with the same style, but big enough for a few more comforts when living on board in the Caribbean. Since the Cullens wanted a sensible cruising boat that can sail anywhere, especially in their home waters of the Chesapeake, they needed a reasonable draft of 6'5" with a centerboard that increases the draft to 13'. The excitement of this boat is its relationship to earlier times in the middle eighties when the high-end sensible cruiser was in much demand. Perhaps the finest sailboats were built in the middle eighties by a variety of builders and it is a pleasure to put aesthetics and offshore characteristics as a priority again. We have designed several interiors for the Cullens to explore the center cockpit vs the aft cockpit layout. Although the centercockpit adds a great master aft cabin Alice and Craig opted for the aft cockpit which gives them a more open layout below and a much better sailing boat. The layout we are building has a forward master cabin with a queen size berth on centerline for easy access from both port and starboard. There are two guest cabins one being in the aft port quarter and the other on the starboard side forward of the main salon. The main salon has a large area on the port side that acts as an office, nav station, and comfortable seating area. On the starboard side there is a U-shaped sitting area around the table with a pilot berth outboard. Another reason to use the aft cockpit design is the superior galley we can achieve. Alice enjoys cooking and a large galley offers plenty of counter space , open and airy with plenty of light. Being part of the main salon area adds a sense of room without isolating the cook from the conversation. The Cullens have been careful to allow compromise for each other. Craig needs a good offshore boat with excellent sea berths while sailing to and from the Caribbean and Alice wants a home away from home.
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WINDWALKER sleeps six in three private staterooms, plus two in the main salon. The interior is beautifully finished in hand-crafted teak with satin finish and gloss accents. White bulkheads, hull ceilings and tongue and groove overhead, combined with raised-panel teak lockers and laminated deck beams, create a truly classic Herreshoff style. Floorboards are teak and holly with a gloss finish. |
Master Stateroom The owner's cabin forward features a centerline queen berth with seats each side. There are two large hanging lockers, twin bureaus and numerous other drawers and lockers. |
Forward Head/Shower Next aft to port is the forward head with Corian countertops and VacuFlush toilet. A shower stall is adjacent with separate access from salon/guest cabin. |
Forward Guest Stateroom The forward guest cabin is to starboard and features a large lower berth with fold-down upper berth. There is a wash basin, hanging locker and bureau along with several drawers. |
Main Salon The main salon includes a U-shaped settee to starboard with customized dining table that expands from a cocktail table and is highlighted by intricate inlays. Outboard of the settee is a pilot berth with TV/VCR forward. To port are two swivel chairs, a concealed icemaker and spacious navigation station with ship's electrical control panel. |
Aft Guest Stateroom The second guest cabin is aft to port, with generous upper/lower berths, a bureau and numerous other drawers. The ensuite aft head/shower is also accessible from the base of the companionway to provide a convenient day head. |
Galley A U-shaped galley is to starboard with vertical door leading aft to large engine room space under cockpit. The galley is large by any standard with generous countertop area, extensive storage space and twin vertical doors for easy refrigerator/freezer access. Other features include:
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Electronics and Navigation Equipment
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Electrical System
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Engine/ Mechanical Equipment
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Hull and Construction The hull was laminated using the Scrimp resin infusion process, creating a hull lamination that is completely uniform in the resin-to-fiber ratio as well as complete adhesion of the foam core material to the inner and outer skins. The Scrimp process results in an extremely strong hull and internal structure. Because of the owners’ desire for a traditionally styled interior and exterior, the deck of WINDWALKER was built with a varnished teak cabin trunk with beautifully laid teak decks. The deck was laid over laminated teak and ash deck beams, creating a beautifully detailed interior overhead scheme. |
Sails, Mast and Rigging Sails (by Main Sailing partners, all 1999 unless noted):
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Deck & Deck Equipment
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Designer's Comments: The talented craftsmen of the Lyman Morse Boat Building Company in Thomaston, Maine, combined traditional word-working skills with modern composite construction techniques to create the magnificent sailing yacht Windwalker. Her beautiful profile and exquisite joinery details, all maintained 'like new', will impress anyone. The owner chose the Hood Design Group to provide a proven shoal draft centerboard design that is both easily driven in light winds and seakindly offshore. Windwalker also boasts an incredible equipment list to allow for safe and comfortable offshore sailing.
Annie Lannigan
(941) 374-3742
We built a new 60' Hood designed sailboat for Craig and Alice Cullen that replaced their Seguin 44, WINDWALKER. The original parameters were to build a larger boat with the same style, but big enough for a few more comforts when living on board in the Caribbean. Since the Cullens wanted a sensible cruising boat that can sail anywhere, especially in their home waters of the Chesapeake, they needed a reasonable draft of 6'5" with a centerboard that increases the draft to 13'. The excitement of this boat is its relationship to earlier times in the middle eighties when the high-end sensible cruiser was in much demand. Perhaps the finest sailboats were built in the middle eighties by a variety of builders and it is a pleasure to put aesthetics and offshore characteristics as a priority again. We have designed several interiors for the Cullens to explore the center cockpit vs the aft cockpit layout. Although the centercockpit adds a great master aft cabin Alice and Craig opted for the aft cockpit which gives them a more open layout below and a much better sailing boat. The layout we are building has a forward master cabin with a queen size berth on centerline for easy access from both port and starboard. There are two guest cabins one being in the aft port quarter and the other on the starboard side forward of the main salon. The main salon has a large area on the port side that acts as an office, nav station, and comfortable seating area. On the starboard side there is a U-shaped sitting area around the table with a pilot berth outboard. Another reason to use the aft cockpit design is the superior galley we can achieve. Alice enjoys cooking and a large galley offers plenty of counter space , open and airy with plenty of light. Being part of the main salon area adds a sense of room without isolating the cook from the conversation. The Cullens have been careful to allow compromise for each other. Craig needs a good offshore boat with excellent sea berths while sailing to and from the Caribbean and Alice wants a home away from home.
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