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From: kathleen banks (no email)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2007 - 08:38:11 EDT
Mike
we were fortunate to retire early our jumpoff date orginally was 08, but is now 4/07 instead
we purchased a caliber LRC and my husband is moving it now from rock hall md to Oriental NC
its a 2000 and just perfect for us with a cutaway keel
We started our search xmas week and found the boat the first week of january, she was on the hard so we
climbed up and went thru her, we hired a wonderful surveyer also (while its not necessary to have this done its
the best investment of $400 you can make)
the survey was done in febuary , the sea trial in march when they splasher her back into the water. All came back with high marks too, I can tell you we looked at dozens and dozens of boats, in person making trips to the east coast.We found Island packets and calibers the best for our blue water crusing needs
Both of us were fussy, we even chartered several boats before buying anything, weve leased hunters, jeanneanes, beaunte and other
coastal crusiers like catalina and tartan.(the tartan had a step mast and drop keel) we didnt go tartans direction after we saw a boat last november in the islands from tartan, boy the wind whipped up and he was all over the bay, id hate to be in open waters in that boat, shes fast but was not as accurate as the two we liked
I susggest if you can sail as many boats as you can, a steped mast is a plus but it shouldnt be the only thing, there is also how far and where do i want to sail, if you just hug the coast many of the boats i mentioned are great boats, if you want a blue water boat to do ocean travel than i recommend the island packet, the caliber, cabo rico (cutaway keel and full foil keels) hand christan anderson
among some real sea worth boats, ifyou handy and you go used another is the C&Y crossover it was made only in the 80s but two are up for sale and in great shape its a center cockpit.
The east coast will give you the best choice, we did find others in texas on the gulf and in california, we stayed away from winged keels, and small drafts and small keel dephts, we learned you need some body to the boat under neath for open oceans
Im sure other more experienced sailors on the board can recommend the models of the boats you wish, and where to find them
but this is my experience in our short 10yrs of sailing
the one tip i can tell you is boat shopping is fun on line, hard on your feet and back at brokers and difficult to keep track of boats esp when you see a dozen a day, keep a journal and detail the ones you like and why, it will help and find a good broker
our in md worked with one in beauford so we paid no taxs on the sale... and helped us in lots of other ways
there is also a good article on how to buy a boat in sailing magazine two months ago, it tells you what to look for
and what to survey for even on new boats
best of luck finding the right one-I know we did
Kathleen M Banks
s/v legacy
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From: mgd9121961 <>
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2007 12:23:42 PM
Subject: [world-cruising] boat shopping
Good Day
As we shop near and far for just the right boat for a projected jump
off date of the fall of 2008, with the intention to do the East Coast
ICW, Florida Keys, the Islands and possibly mexico and Central
America I find lots of boats that seem up to the task.
One thing that Ive been looking for is a keel stepped mast to the
extent that I have refused to look at anything else.
Am I being to picky? are there deck stepped boats out there that I
should be looking at?
I just got done looking at two listings that for the most part have
everything else that we are looking for but have deck stepped masts.
I just have this idea in my head that if you have a rigging problem
in a blow with a deck stepped mast that it is comming down with
little chance to be able to jury rig something to get to port.
Are my fears justified?
Mike D.
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