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From: Dwight Yachuk (no email)
Date: Tue May 31 2005 - 15:43:51 EDT
Greg,
The west coast is more daunting for sailing than the east coast. It's a long way between anchorages, you're on a lee shore, tides, currents, etc. A boat for these conditions needs to be better built than a boat on the east coast. You could join the Pacific Northwest forum on sailnet to get more local advice.
I like the look of the Nimble Kodiak. It has a full keel (or at least not a fin keel) and a pilot house which will shelter you from the inclement weather common where you are. It also looks well (heavily built) and able to take bad seas. At 27 feet it might be too small and slow for what you want.
A test sail sure would be fun though.
dwight
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From: [mailto:]On Behalf Of Gregory david Stempel
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:11 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Choosing a cruiser
Some great advice everyone.
We are hoping to stay right at the $40k mark, this seems to put us into a
vessel that appears to be safe and capable. We don't care about speed at
present. Our current little craft is almost never taken to it's cruising or
top (occasionally to blow out the old carbon_grin) speeds.
We live in the Puget Sound Region and hope to cruise from Mexico to Alaska
as we learn how to sail, and gain experience in what it takes to go blue
water and all points south. At that point we hope to buy a new 35-42 footer,
with the Catalina current at the top of our list.
At present, we are power boaters and haven't a clue about sailing. We have
been studying, talking to friends with sailboats and even an accomplished
racer and power squadron teacher has taken us under his wings. So, we aren't
sure what to look for, or how to ask the necessary questions.
I walked on one boat the other day, a 30 foot 80s era Santana I think, and
heard a crack under my feet on deck. I found areas where the sunlight was
shinning through in areas behind closet doors or near rigging anchoring
points, and the salesman told me that was normal in all boats. Of the thirty
or so I have looked at, that was the only one letting me know the sun was
out.
On yachtworld.com (anyone know when they might clean up all of their
technical difficulties?) there are approximately 30 Hunters, all of which
look to be in nice condition, but most of the Catalina's appear to be
considerably older. And what about this Nimble?
http://www.ays.com/boats/26nimble.htm
Thanks everyone!!
Take care,
Gregory david Stempel
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