Author: Yoh
Zen 24: A New Sailing Experience From Japan
Zen 24 is a sailboat forcussed to a family for weekend sailing to study something playing with the water, wind, friend and the boat.
Sailing is not only a big fun but a way to build your mindset positive, productive and creative as like Zen meditation.
Demonstration Sailing in Southern California
The Zen 24 will be available for a demonstration sail in Marina del Rey, California in September 2011. The demo sailing is open to the public and sailing instructors are especially encouraged to attend.
Demonstration Schedule in Marina del Rey at California Yacht Club:
- Demo 1 : Sep 8 and 9th 2011
- Demo 2 : Sep 15, 16, 17 and 18th 2011
Demonstration Schedule at Spinnaker Sailing School in Redwood City:
- Demo 3: Sep 23, 24, 25th, 2011
Please RSVP by contacting Greg Martin or Yoh Aoki or leave a comment.
- Call Aoki at mobile phone : 310-422-9463
Electric inboard propulsion
Zen 24 is installed with an inboard or an outboard electric propulsion system. The Zen 24 can also be ordered with an outboard motor of any type.
Sailing an electric boat is a wonderful experience. When under power there is no noise or fumes. The electric motor is very powerful and can easily propel the Zen24 at hull speed, to manuever around the dock with ease. No more worries about fuel and oil and combustion engine maintenance. Electric propulsion systems are very reliable and easy to maintain. The Asmo Marine Thoosa system’s batteries can be charged at the dock or even while under sailpower, as the motor acts as a generator and can regenerate power to replenish the batteries.
The electric auxiliary Zen 24 is truly in harmony with nature and the experience of sailing zen may change the way you think about sailing.
Zen 24 Hydro-dynamic performance
There is a great difference in sailboat performance. Some may look similar, but they all have different sailing characteristics.
Some sailboats are fast or slow, stable or unsteady at the helm, tender or stiff and these characteristics become most evident in heavy conditions.
The Zen 24 realizes this integration with a new approach to hydro-dynamic hull design. As a result you feel smooth and easy sailing and you will enjoy sailing the Zen 24!
- The design philosophy of the Zen 24
- Weather helm and the hydrodynamic advantage
- Stability characteristics of the Zen 24 compared with other hull types
Zen 24 History
Yoh Aoki completed a solo sailing voyage around the globe departing from Osaka, Japan in 1971 and sailed home in 1974. He built by himself the 21 foot sailboat using plywood. This was the origin of the idea for a Zen boat.
The first model of the Zen 24 was made of wood and two of them, Hyakki-maru and Kibou-gou already have succeeded in circumnavigating the globe. Now built of fiberglass, many are being sailed around Japan.
The Zen 24 has been upgraded for the US market with the installation of an inboard electric motor, a redesigned cabin and a more comfortable cockpit, which makes the boat ready to please sailors around the world.