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Just got signed up today and wanted to introduce myself. Fairly new sailor, wife and I just picked up a 84 Cat25 with another couple. They are working toward retiring and live aboard in 3-4 years, so we purchase a local boat on Lake St Clair for fun and practice. Wife and I will plan on keeping the boat when they move on.
Some sailing experience. 10 days in Belize a few years ago with the other couple and his brother. Been out on our boat about a half dozen times since we purchase it in June. Already had the fun of replacing the keep cable before we put it in the water (had never been replace!)
All 4 of us are taking the 101/103 ASA classes in about a month in Traverse City.
That's about it, look forward to hanging out and learning a lot.
Good work on the keel cable--very important! And the ASA courses will be great!
A few standard suggestions:
- If you aren't familiar with Catalina Direct, a third-party supplier of replacements and upgrades for our boats, check them out, and consider buying their C-25 Handbook--essentially their catalog, but with lots of information and ideas. (Maybe you got the cable from them--in which case, never mind... )
- Put together a "Signature" under your Profile, with your name, model year, rig, keel, venue, etc... That will appear after each post, helping get you more specific responses.
- Join the Association--supporting the best model-specific sailing resource on the web!
Fair winds!
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Notice: The advice given on this site is based upon individual or quoted experience, yours may differ. The Officers, Staff and members of this site only provide information based upon the concept that anyone utilizing this information does so at their own risk and holds harmless all contributors to this site.