"Bonito": schooner rig for the sake of aesthetics and handling
A couple from Hamburg have designed and built a ship themselves with a single schooner rig that is unrivalled
Two inclined masts, the aft one higher than the forward one, a heart-shaped positive stern. In addition, a pronounced deck step, a flat freeboard and a fixed bowsprit. The "Bonito" makes quite an impression. It's hard to believe that the 13 metre long yacht, which displaces ten tonnes, is a self-build. It shows how owners can let off steam beyond the requirements of mass taste or the highest common denominator, especially below deck. There, the owners have mixed and matched everything from the Bollero stove to the leather sofa and a chest of drawers as a navigation corner to the hot water heating in the floor.
We were on board for a trial run, find out more in YACHT 22/2011 (from 12 October at newsagents)
