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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/17/2020 :  20:08:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Was just looking at Cruisers Forum. Someone asked about a small cruiser so one of the members popped up a list of sailboats between 27-35 ft in that category.
Here’s the CF listing: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/cruise-capable-smaller-boats-230137.html
Or see the list of sailboats: https://atomvoyages.com/planning/good-old-boats-list.html
I was not entirely surprised to learn that there was not one Catalina on the list. Being more like a coastal cruiser was probably why.
Interesting list, but how ever you slice it, though, most of these boats will take a lot of work to restore to seaworthy shape.
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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Response Posted - 02/18/2020 :  06:56:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by bigelowp

Dave: ...Would a C-22 or Bullseye work or do you really need a mast/tabernacle to get to/from your condo slip?
The chart has I-95 at 25' above MHW, and we have some overhanging power lines somewhere near that height... I think a small gaff rig (very short mast) is appropriate--do not want to experiment with 155,000 volts or whatever is up there, especially riding in salt water!
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
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 02/18/2020 11:35:16
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 02/21/2020 :  21:04:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Based on that maybe a Sturdeecat would fit the bill, also possibly a Precision 15 -- both have Masts low enough and they sail well. I know different folks in Norwalk who have both and are out on theirs all the time.
Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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Response Posted - 02/22/2020 :  09:58:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Peter: The Precision 15 mast is almost certainly too tall, and the Stur-Dee might be, too, since it's also a Marconi rig. The Com-Pacs are gaff rigs (shorter masts), and the masts are hinged so they swing up and down in seconds--fully rigged with the sail bent onto the boom. But at the moment it looks like I'll be a $+!nkp*++er for at least one more summer...
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
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/07/2020 :  22:21:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Stopped down at Passage today to make my springtime to-do list. Just the basics.
Here’s what I came up with:
1. Clean, scrub, wash, preen every square inch of the hull above waterline, plus the cabintop and cockpit.
2. Scrape, sand, pull off the crusty bottom paint and the few little barnacles.
3. Coat the hull above waterline with PoliGlow
4. Reapply bottom paint mostly everywhere below waterline.
5. Check and tighten the rigging.
6. Service the outboard engine. Replace the lanyard safety cutoff switch.
7. Spray and wash the cabin with Concrobium anti-mold, Clorox Cleanup and Fantastic.
A few days’ work but a great investment!

Let’s hope I can get to everything before COVID-19, the real Cabin Fever hits big time!!!
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
Edited by - Voyager on 03/08/2020 06:41:24
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