Thorfinn expeditions is a new business on Penobscot Bay so I've been reading quite a bit of local news about the boat and what they do. Mostly sailing excursions from the tame to the more edgy stuff like winter sailing.
And the boats are built right here in Maine.

Throfinn will utilize the boats trailerability and scoot down south with it for some work and play I suppose, this winter.

While it won best cruising boat under 50' from Sail mag (is this a new trend? ), it's now been awarded something like "Cruising spirit" from CW.

I can see why. If nothing else, the big cruising boats that have been built and displayed of late, I find amazingly boring. Could be the mags are finding their putting readers to sleep. They're like great big houses, which I find equally boring. But show me a small boat and how the designer has set it up for use, and I find that interesting. The compromises that have to be made in small boats are intriguing.

This boat is designed to sail fast, go on a trailer, and slide onto a beach with almost no draft. It does all those things. Not all designs, but there is a trend for sailing first you can see in this boat. You end up with a pretty spartan 30'er, especially compared to heavy cruising 30'ers.

This boat is not for me. I like the boat I have, it's comfortable and capable of what I like to do. This boat is more designed for my son perhaps, once he learns how to make money.

There are very few new boat buyers out there right now so we won't be seeing a lot of these but I give the boat credit for a new thinking. I'd like to sail one in a place like the Bahamas.