by Edward S. Brewer
Personality plus, and performance too, you’ll find when you take the helm of this salty ketch
Imagine yourself beating up the bay at the helm of this salty little ketch. With her sweeping sheer line, bold clipper bow and picturesque gaff rig, she is a bit of the past brought up to date with modern materials and construction methods. Grand Banks 22 is one of the simplest types of boat to build and can be successfully tackled by anyone familiar with woodworking. When completed, she is a joy to sail, fast and seaworthy, thanks to her modified dory hull. The prototype has been out in 30-knot winds and has proved herself weatherly, stiff and nonpounding. Her versatile ketch rig is quickly shortened down for storm conditions and balances well under a wide variety of sail combinations. Obviously, a boat of this size is not an ocean voyager, but if you want a boat that is easy to build, one that will take wind and water in her stride and doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to own and maintain, then give Grand Banks 22 your serious thought and honest consideration.
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