Boat Forum / Cruising / April 2006

A 28' trimaran that is designed for cruising, not racing.

1980 Truant, 33' pilothouse double head sail sloop.

Mostly, either a Yamaha 30, J-24, Capri 16.5, or Holder 20, depending on the
day of the week. I usually charter a cat in the 40' range.

Why?

A 39 foot Camper Nicholson ketch from Maine.

Ansley Sawyer
SV Pacem

The problem here is that what we sail is probably not suitable for you
as a newbie, because we've bought our boats with something specific in
mind and our parameters and specs aren't going to be the same as
yours.

For our part, we wanted a safe, sturdy, and roomy boat to live on and
cruise.  We have a CSY 44  (photos in the sig URL)  This is not a boat
suitable for a newbie IMHO, and it isn't a boat for me by myself.

grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html

My pride & joy...
http://sailquest.com/market/models/spipe.htm

Hi:

Freya 39

As others have said. Their boat is not for everyone. Neither is this.
But it does what I want very well. The secrect is to ballance your
actual use +your ability+purchase cost+operating costs=match maybe.
The link below is a picture my boat from a previous owner.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:vHiuMvlrp-RPxM:www.latitude38.com/Lectroni
cLat/2001/Jan2001/Jan19/boat.jpg

My Dream boats:
1) Power... (if i was rich enough to fill the fuel tank.)
90' x 24' x 13' standard gulf shrimper with a single
Cat 3412
2) Sail.... (if I was rich enough to get one built) 48' steel texas
scow schooner with leaboards.
3) 19' Hobi Cat. A friend has one so I use his. The best boat of all !!

Bob

Here's a nicer, newer copy of mine:

http://www.sailboatowners.com/boats/specs.tpl?fno=0&sku=30179116948427&bts=T

27' CS27. So far as I can determine It's the smallest boat Camper and
Nicholson ever designed.

"Bote a Ouele" 6500lb TylerCraft 29 (Rhoad Island, NY,1967, I think.)
short bilge keels fiberglass 12 hp inboard atomic 2 gas,  masthead
sloop with 2'-10" draft and self tending jib sailed in the Saint John
river, NB Canada. Moored off the front yard of the cottage in Evandale,
in the tidal estuary (2' tides). Windex, tell tales, compass and depth
sounder only.

It sails great, especially in thin water, is well suited to sailing
upriver, has 6 foot headroom, curved cabin sole,  propane camp stove in
galley, taffrail barbeque, room for a generator.

A weekend  cruiser used for occasional longer trips of a week or so,
can sleep 6, holding tank head with air blown "ballast" purge,
120vac/12vdc fridge,  flatbed trailer.

Keeping it on the back yard over winter at home means I should be out
there now scrubbing the topsides, getting ready to paint the old
crazing gelcoat.

It's raining. I'm lazy.

Bought it 8 years ago and I had to rebuild the engine.  I think I
finally got the oil leak healed. I can lift the engine aboard with an
"A" frame made from the boom and spinnaker poles, which is also used to
raise and lower the mast singlehanded.

I have replaced port side decking over rotton balsa core, and have
relined the rudder tube with epoxy / graphite.

About 5 years ago the alumunium mast was chewed up by lightning, 25
dime sized holes starboard in a line 6" apart between the spreader and
masthead near the most curved portion of the mast extrusion,  was
replaced under insurance. No electrical damage ensued.

The rigging is ugly old nicopress, 25 years old. Same connectors as
hold up your power lines.

My yard uses a loader to retrieve the trailer when bringing the boat
ashore. In winds, it it easier to lower the mast while afloat before
mounting the trailer, because of windage.

Your boat will not satisfy your requirements until you know what they
are.

Terry K

C&C 35 Mk I (1973).  Paceship Bluejacket (1973).  Laser II (1988).

I spend the most time on the C&C.  I don't sail the Bluejacket much any
more.  The only one I own is the Laser II, the others belong to friends who
let me sail with them and/or loan me the boats (I have a key).

A Bayfield 40... 46' cutter rigged ketch.  www.weathergage.com

Lester,  I think you had a great idea but did not go far enough with
it.  She who must be obeyed (SWMBO) and I are looking for the perfect
boat.  We are following grandma Rosilies advice taking lessons, renting
as many different boats as we can and badgering everyone we know for
opinions.

What would be really useful is if people could say why their boat is
perfect for them.  There is one chap in this thread who did this and it
provided excellent information.

My circumstances have changed considerably in the thirty years that
have passed since I spent any serious time messing around in boats.
When I was young spending three days sleeping(?) in the cockpit in a
screaming wind and pelting rain was an adventure that could be redeemed
in beers once port was reached.  Now adventure is finding that Safeway
has my favorite whiskey at half price.

I know that our needs are for a level of comfort and roominess that
thirty years ago I would have considered bourgeois in the extreme.

In the same general vein does anyone have any suggestion as to how to
find a charter that would expose us to a little bit of brisk weather.
I am not talking about hurricane chasing here but it would be nice to
see how the boat handles in some moderately serious weather with
someone at the helm that knows her.  

thanks  Shawn