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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  07:33:57  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Stinkpotter</i>
<br />So you're planning a trans-Atlantic passage in your C-25?
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I just had that conversation with a friend on Thursday:

Gene - "I knew a guy that did a circumnavigation in a C25"

Me - "Really?"

Gene - "Yeah, he didn't make it".

Me -

Gene is the guy who got me in to sailing....he has a beautiful 2005 C36....and a very sarcastic sense of humor.....
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  08:41:17  Show Profile
Yup--as good a boat as the C-25 is, it's best to stay within reach of someplace to hide in case the ocean gets stirred up. My nights were in proper coves (or marinas). As discussed here many times, for a number of reasons, this is not a "blue-water boat." You don't want to be half way to Plymouth, GB, (two weeks from <i>anywhere</i>) in one when a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=856HPcGWGr4"]North Atlantic storm[/url] comes up.
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diySailor
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  17:50:34  Show Profile
Larry, that’s exactly the idea we had in mind; really nice set-up. The LM-28 motor sailer stores the bed support behind the back of the settee and uses it to attach the cushion. Very nice built-in storage rack behind the table. I don’t know what I’m going to do to the table yet but it will be much lighter and have a more secure mounting.

Dave, that was just an observation, although if I miss P-Town or Nantucket there could be a few rocky nights till I hit Europe . Good advice though and great video.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  18:54:33  Show Profile
Ya, Nantucket is doable... Across the Gulf Stream to the Caribbean islands is doable (in weather windows)... But the C-25 is NOT A PASSAGEMAKER. If you want to go across the pond (or around the marble), sell everything and buy a boat that'll get you there! This is not it--even if you've heard stories about circumnavigations on boats like the 20' Pacific Seacraft Flicka. This is not one of them.
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  19:00:24  Show Profile
When I see videos of the pounding boats take in trans ocean storms - I envision the entire deck popping off a C25 - taking the mast with it.
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diySailor
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Response Posted - 05/06/2012 :  19:30:16  Show Profile
Guess I was a little to subtle. Just for the record, I don't
want to go to Europe. Just want to get the boat finished before the
end of the season so I can get it out of my driveway and onto my mooring!
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/07/2012 :  06:31:18  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by diySailor</i>
<br />Guess I was a little to subtle. Just for the record, I don't
want to go to Europe...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">But you sounded disappointed by your C-36 friend...
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