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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Initially Posted - 01/30/2007 : 17:06:06

Since several people have asked several times and my new baby is about to come out of the shop, here are a few shots of my new semi-custom Eastern 27 from my visit to the plant up in NH yesterday...

The center windshield panel opens out, and you can see the overhead hatch on the cabintop. The hull is actually dark green.

Here you can see the removable side curtains and the rolled up 3-panel back curtain. (The sides roll up too.) That's a Honda 225 (the Odyssey engine) on a transom bracket--a bit stronger than the Garhauer...

There's a windlass behind the anchor roller...

A swiveling captain's chair will go on a pedestal on each of the two boxes, and the radar is yet to be installed. The aft part of the cockpit (not shown) is a large open space (no engine box).

I'll get her down here in April, and she'll be berthed outside my condo. She should get me out to Block Island, Shelter Island, and a bunch of other places fairly quickly... Free water tours of the historic Mystic Seaport to all members here. (Now all I need is a Sunfish (again) or Beetle Cat!)

Association Port Captain, Mystic, CT
Past member and DPO of C-25 #5032
Now on Eastern 27 Sarge (but still sailing) and posting as "Stinkpotter".

Passage, Mystic, and Sarge--click to enlarge.

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 17:50:09

Very nice.

Next time you're checking up on her, ask if they are hiring, would love to build boats like that.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 17:51:09

Where's the mast?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 18:12:36

Rick: I dunno... Every time I go into their shop, I come home with a sore throat and nose. That glass dust can't be good for anybody. (Nobody even wears painter's masks.) They do build some pretty boats, tho... Mine is one of the small ones--the bigger ones (mostly 31-footers) are more traditional semi-displacement hulls.

Randy: Actually, there'll be two "masts"--an 8' fiberglass VHF whip and a 6" pedestal for the radome. Think of it as a ketch rig.

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 18:33:08

Nice lines Dave! I can almost taste the lobster!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 19:58:05

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by tompotter
 Nice lines Dave! I can almost taste the lobster!
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That's "lobstah" in a boat like that...

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 20:33:23

beautiful

good name

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 21:51:18

What's the good name, Frank? (I don't have one yet.)

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 01/30/2007 : 22:22:57

I think he meant LOBSTAH

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 08:47:14

Beautiful is a good name.

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 09:01:53

Nice! What's she like below deck?

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 09:03:21

As for adjectives, I was thinking of maybe "Pretentious" or "Semi-Sweet".

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 01/31/2007 09:04:29

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 09:13:24

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben - FL
 Nice! What's she like below deck?
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Very modest: Small galley with sink on port (no fixed stove); enclosed head on starboard with throne on an integral holding tank (plumbed for pumpout); v-berth with large shelves above; pressure water for sink and head...

She'll sleep two, party ten.

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existentialsailor
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 13:00:40

Dave,

What can you realistically expect as a range in this type of boat?

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 13:03:50

He said no stove Rick

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 13:41:35

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by existentialsailor
 What can you realistically expect as a range in this type of boat?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">...then Duane says, "He said no stove Rick" <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
You guys crack me up.

She'll carry 110 gallons (think 100 usable) and I'm expecting her to burn around 6-7 gallons per hour at cruising speed (mid 20s @ 3500 RPM), so call it somewhere between 300 and 350 miles (SF-LA)--further at a lower speed (off plane). One owner with the same Honda on the same boat claims much better, but I think he's exaggerating. Anyway, I got unlimited towing from BoatUS, so my range is unlimited, right? But no, unlike the C-25, Tahiti is out of range.

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 01/31/2007 13:51:05

dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 15:16:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave Bristle
 ...I'm expecting her to burn around 6-7 gallons per hour at cruising speed...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Hey, that's what I get...6-7 gallons... per season!

Nice boat, Dave...My two brothers, both avid fisherman, would drool over your new boat!

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/31/2007 : 16:22:34

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 Hey, that's what I get...6-7 gallons... per season!

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Ya, ya... But I can give you a five hour head start and catch you in one! The real purpose is to be able to go some places with my "very good friend" who can't spend indeterminate amounts of time getting there (and back), and to be able to meet up with cruising friends 50-75 miles away whenever I feel like it. Part of the issue was I found that if I wanted to actually go somewhere, I usually had to run under power (slowly) anyway--either there was no wind or it was blasting on the nose. But I'm not trying to recruit any defectors from this association...

Edited by - Dave Bristle on 01/31/2007 16:43:30

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