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sethp001
Mainsheet C-25 Tech Editor

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Initially Posted - 09/19/2018 :  21:12:57  Show Profile
This guy built a nice pagoda deck house...




More info here:

https://danville.craigslist.org/boa/d/1985-catalina-25-sailboat/6702276318.html


Seth
"Outlier" 1987 Catalina 25 SR/SK/Traditional Interior #5541
"Zoo" 1977 Morgan Out Island 30
"Nomad" 1980 Prindle 16
"Lost" 1988 Catalina Capri 14.2 (sold - yay!)
"Marine Tex 1" Unknown Origin POS 8' Fiberglass Dinghy
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 09/19/2018 :  21:23:58  Show Profile
Great until you try to sail it when other boats are around. But as I recall, my cabin was "enclosed" too, and didn't look like that.
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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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  04:57:29  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
WOW !! First Catalina 25 Pilot Boat I ever saw !
Larry
'89 Robin's Nest#5820, Potomac River/Quantico, Va
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  05:18:50  Show Profile
It makes living aboard more comfortable, but underway you can't see around it or over it unless you stand up. A real pilothouse boat has an inside steering station, and you can see through the front window. Visibility is very obstructed when steering from the cockpit.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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islander
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  08:12:49  Show Profile
Any guesses as to what the white thing is across the transom rail?
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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LakeFall
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  08:22:12  Show Profile
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Originally posted by islander

Any guesses as to what the white thing is across the transom rail?


It's a bench so you can see over the cabin
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islander
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  09:37:58  Show Profile
Good one Actually you might be right.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


Edited by - islander on 09/20/2018 09:41:18
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  09:58:08  Show Profile
Looks like a precarious perch, with no backrest, no handholds, no apparent way to steer from there. I wonder if it has a non-skid surface, in case the boat heels suddenly.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  10:16:33  Show Profile
I just noticed, there appears to be a black electrical wire coming out of the starboard end of the white thing. The wire appears to be routed down one of the pushpit legs. Could it be a long, skinny solar panel, or perhaps a mount for a solar panel, with the panels removed?
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  10:43:26  Show Profile
It appears they’ve installed a window type AC in the forward section of the cabin house. Must be very comfy. I wonder if the owner installed remote steering and a forward-looking camera?
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 09/20/2018 :  15:05:06  Show Profile
When a fisherman buys a sail boat.
Frank Hopper
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dasreboot
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Response Posted - 09/21/2018 :  07:18:41  Show Profile  Visit dasreboot's Homepage
I asked the guy, here is his response.

Good questions. The previous owner replaced the factory pop-up top, which was failing, with that structure which makes the cabin much roomier, height-wise. But it is a view-forward blocker. So the white thing on the stern is an upholstered bench to sit on so you can see over that cabin. I also steer standing up quite a bit, which also works. It is odd but seems to work fine.
We haven’t sailed it since we bought it about a year ago, but the sails were in ok shape at that time. We just putt around with the motor, which is a really nice motor.
Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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LakeFall
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Response Posted - 09/21/2018 :  07:55:10  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by dasreboot

I asked the guy, here is his response.

Good questions. The previous owner replaced the factory pop-up top, which was failing, with that structure which makes the cabin much roomier, height-wise. But it is a view-forward blocker. So the white thing on the stern is an upholstered bench to sit on so you can see over that cabin. I also steer standing up quite a bit, which also works. It is odd but seems to work fine.
We haven’t sailed it since we bought it about a year ago, but the sails were in ok shape at that time. We just putt around with the motor, which is a really nice motor.


I have questions...
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islander
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Response Posted - 09/21/2018 :  08:22:52  Show Profile
Lakefall is the winner
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 09/21/2018 :  09:40:00  Show Profile
I notice that she is for sale -- possibly the great concept did not pan out to work as well as first anticipated!
Peter Bigelow
C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick
Rowayton, Ct
Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
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keats
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Response Posted - 09/21/2018 :  13:00:00  Show Profile
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So the white thing on the stern is an upholstered bench to sit on...


Maybe that explains the black electrical wire - heated seats!
Tim Keating
1985 C-25 TR/FK #4940
Midsummer
Lake Don Pedro, CA
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