Normally, they say, only one lid fits on a pot. Bernt Lindquist sees things differently. To follow the current daysailer trend, he has fitted a completely new deck to the Campus 7.4, which was launched in 2011. The resulting "Diva 24" has a large guest cockpit and a very, almost too small working cockpit in the stern. This is where all the halyards and outriggers converge on two side winches, just as we have come to expect from many large-scale shipyards. In fact, the small shipyard from the east coast was one of the pioneers of this arrangement; Lindquist designed the first yachts with aft-running lines a good 15 years ago.
So now the adaptation to the small cruiser segment, where winches of this size are not normally used. Two self-tailing 20 mm winches from Harken are intended to help with the trim and free the co-sailors from having to co-operate.
Those who want to sail more actively would therefore be better off sticking with the Campus, which is more conventional in this respect, even if the arrangement of the halyards and outhauls with a central centre winch on the coachroof is also somewhat unusual. However, it at least allows the crew to take part in sailing manoeuvres.
You will soon be able to read a detailed double test in YACHT.
