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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 02/01/2006 : 14:14:07

I love my 25, I loved my Merit 25, I loved my Spirit 23, I loved my Tanzer 16.

The boat I should have never sold was the Spirit, good boat, paid for, very capable, just the way I wanted it, but I had a jones for a racing boat.

I know we all love our current boats, but is there a Spirit in your past? ... a boat you never should have sold?

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haley
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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 16:26:48

I started with a West Wight Potter 15. Eight years ago I stepped up to a Precision 18. I love the Precision but greatly miss the ease of launching the Potter 15. Trailering and launching the Precision 18 single handed is possible but not practical. Plus I am locked into a tow vehicle capable of 3500 lbs (I towed the P15 with a 4 cylinder!). On the other hand, the Precision is newer, sails nicer, and has much more room.

My solution – move from trailering to a slip or mooring with a C25. My hope is to use the C25 as a boat and waterfront vacation property. So I am lurking on this site. Now I am weighing the virtues of boats I don’t even have! The C25 has a large following but there are a few 27 footers locally that would be available for just a few dollars more. But I have been in a few 27’ boats that actually seem smaller than the C25. And a boat with an OB and porti pottie seems potentially easier to care for.

Maybe the best bet is to keep the Precision for now but try slipping it to gauge usage. See if a larger boat would be used / enjoyed by the whole family. But if I put it off to much longer there is trouble on the horizon – my 6 year old is starting to gaze longingly at the ski boats.

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 17:02:35

I know where you can get another Merit 25 for a steal, needs some work, but every boat does.
$3000.00 gets YOU THE BOAT, TRAILER, SAILS, MOTER AND EVERYTHING NEEDED TO RACE. Sorry for the Caps. It needs the roof top re-cord on the back port side. I think its an 84. Everything else is in really good shape. Pass it along.

As for the boat that I should have never sold, I think I own it Now. It's gotta be the most comfortable 25' racing boat produced.

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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 22:33:48

Chris where is the Merit 25, I know of a group who is putting together a fleet of Merit 25's on their lake. I think they have ten of them now and have said they are looking for more. Let me know more information and I will pass it along.

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Lightnup
Master Marine Consultant

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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 22:38:08

Haley - There have been many posts on this board supporting what you experienced....there's just not enough benefit to go from the C25 to the C27. The jump should be to a 30.

As far as boats I shouldn't have sold; the C25WK is my 6th boat and I don't regret having sold any of the others. Sure could have saved a whole bunch of money if I had just bought this one first though.

Steve

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John G-
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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 22:58:21

Joni Mitchell said it best.

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Go ahead and click on the bird.

Edited by - John G- on 02/01/2006 23:01:02

Ericson33
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Response Posted - 02/01/2006 : 23:42:23

The Merit 25 is here in North Eastern Oklahoma, Tulsa. I estamated the repair for around 200.00 in material and a good 4 days to fix it. There has been no Keel problems with this boat. It has the Original Cushions, Halyards, Sheets, Main, Jib, Genoa, and Spinnaker and pole. The moter is a 5hp w/ a altanator. The boat is the clasic white on black, w/ VC17 Bottom Paint. The owner is here at windycrest and you can get in touch with him by going to www.windycrest.com and following the FORSAIL link on the left. The trailer alone is worth the 3 grand. Its a dual axel w/ a 25 ft extension. The owner has a brand new Main sail that can be bought seperate from the boat. The owners name is Bill Franklin and he is the Helm on the S2 7.9 we race, Nice Guy. The boat is parked in there back yard so allot of photos can be sent if someone is looking far away.

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haley
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Response Posted - 02/02/2006 : 08:53:01

I discuss boat choices with a fellow sailor here at work. We both agree that if "right sizing" a boat is the biggest issue of the day we are very, very fortunate!

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 02/02/2006 : 11:01:34

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Keith D.
 Chris where is the Merit 25, I know of a group who is putting together a fleet of Merit 25's on their lake. I think they have ten of them now and have said they are looking for more. Let me know more information and I will pass it along.
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There are several listed at sailingtexas.com

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djn
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Response Posted - 02/02/2006 : 11:08:05

The boat I learned to sail on was an 18 foot racer and I dont know the brand. We had it from the time I was nine to when I was 20. I learned to sail it when I was nine on Burt Lake in northern Michigan. I have no idea who built it, but it was an open boat with a swing wood center board and was really wide in beam. It was a real pain in the but to right when heeled more than 90 degrees LOL. When I was in the service, my parents sold the cottage and the boat went with it. I was livid and by the time I got back to the U.S., the new owner of the cottage had sold it on the side of the road in front of the old place. That was a fun boat and I have been looking for that exact brand/model since.....no luck.

As far as steping up to a bigger boat, I am not sure I'd want a bigger boat, but I would not mind finding a good 1989 C25 after reading Franks post about all the upgrades.

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John V.
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Response Posted - 02/04/2006 : 17:07:01

The boat that got away.....for about 10 years my dad and I sailed a cape dory 25. While I was a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the 70's I got a call from him asking if I would look at a boat in Vermillion. He said "I trust you, If you like it buy it, I'll cover your check" He and my mom cruised all over the North Channel, way far What a great boat That's the boat Linda and I had our honeymoon on. A year or so after we were married my dad, now in his 70's Was preparing to sail the boat from her winter storage in Cedarville MI to our island about 60 miles away, including a 40 mile crossing of Lake Huron. I think he realized that he just couldn't do it again, and then sail back in
September. that was usually a rough trip. With all their gear on the dock my dad walked back to the office at Tassier's and told them to sell her. I always wished he would have handed her over to me, but at that time his heart wasn't doing very well and I don't think he was always thinking straight. Well the boat was sold and we compromised on a Sea Pearl 21 a little water balasted daysailer.
The C25 is more comfortable than the cape dory, but the CD really could take a blow.

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chriszzz
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Response Posted - 02/09/2006 : 13:14:00

My Catalina 25 Tall purchased Nov,2005.

It was my first boat. Finding and reading this forum
helped me stay focused on the great all-round boat
when I started shopping. No buyers remorse.
(except the those two lunches spent surfing about blisters.
I dont know what's under the water line yet. something about
dimes and quarters)

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