Yachting Monthly have posted a review and video here  of the Super Seal - Graham Reed's SS26/25 Heart of Glass

Presumably there's also an article in the October edition - I'll pop down to the newsagents and have a look!

Geoff

Parker 21 / 18 Dawn

I received my copy of YM a few weeks ago and finally opened it earlier this week to be delighted that a photo of a Super Seal adorned the cover. My pleasure was gradually eroded when I read the article (Me and My boat by Dick Durham) as there are too many confusing and inaccurate statements for me to cram into there 200 word limit YM have for letters to the editor. I don't know what any of us done to upset Mr Durham but it seems what praise he does manage is handed out sparingly and in rather an offhanded manner. My Super Seal is the best boat I could ever hope to own and I cannot believe that Mr. Durham failed to notice.

David Tilley

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I'm glad that another owner has responded to this 'review'.I found the text to be an unfortunate mingling of Graham's view and a poorly written review.My immediate comment on reading this in a specialist magazine was presumably not acceptable to the YM editors and therefore not posted.

Illustrative points that I raised were :

a) the description of the heavy foil keel,so instrumental in the performance of the boat,as 'a centreboard lifted as you would in a dinghy' - some dinghy!

b)the point that the accommodation is tight,when in fact it's the beamy open nature of the saloon that's attractive - yes a 27 foot boat is plainly smaller than a larger boat but this one with it's modern beam and ingenious placing of the lifting keel compares favourably with many contemporary hulls.

c)the lack of a chart table - failed to mention that a handsome table became standard in latter boats.

At any rate Graham deserves our thanks for providing his boat as the guinea pig and some admiration for making full sail up into such confined waters.