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kentwm
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Initially Posted - 04/25/2011 : 18:47:56

Hello,

I'm part owner of an 81 C-25 located in Seabrook. Who on here is in the Houston area?

Kent

Kent
1984 O'Day 28 "High Cotton"

2003 Raider 16 Sport
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 04/25/2011 : 21:37:26

Hi Kent! I'm based in Kemah. Where are you docked? How long have you been a partner in your boat?

You might want to enter your boats information in your signature (go to Profile at the top of ths page) so we can help you answer questions in the future. Different year models have different layouts and quirks.

GaryB
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kentwm
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 04:58:23

Hi Gary,

The boat is over at Seabrook Ship Yard.

My friend who owns the boat is looking to move up to a 40+ ft boat so I am buying his C25 from him. I purchased 20% ownership last month and will pay him the balance when he finds a new boat. In the mean time, I use the boat as often as I want.

Now that I have made the commitment to buy the boat, I am eager for him to get a new boat so I can start making Wind Bandit all mine! I have been spending hours reading the forums here and other web resources about the C25 (my wife calls it boat porn!).

I'd like to pick your brain sometime about the boat... some of the things I want to do is: new topside paint, new electronics (at one time the boat was decked out in nice electronic instruments), new sails and a spinnaker or drifter, and many more things.

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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 06:28:29

My opinion is that the instruments should be last on your list.

We have older (1984) instruments including windspeed, apparent wind, knots, and depth. A good GPS, compass, and fishfinder will eliminate the need for holes in the boat and serve just as well. Tell-tales on your sails and a windex will let you know what the wind is up to. We don't even bother taking the covers off our gauges most of the time, and having hit a bridge eliminated the masthead stuff anyway. We measure speed with the GPS, but do look at the knotmeter.

In any case, next time I outfit a boat, the gauges will drop to the bottom of the list.

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 07:33:55

The electronics are low on my list... mainly because of cost. I have a handheld GPS that does the job for me right now. I would rather buy new sails than spend money on electronics.

The only reason I might do something sooner would be the mast head stuff. I want to add another halyard(and spinnaker or drifter) and since I will be taking the mast down for that, don't really want to take the mast down twice.

Same goes for a bottome job. I want to haul the boat out in the fall/winter for a bottom job and new paint on the topsides. While it's out, I want to remove the hull pass through for the knot meter. I need to understand what is the best way to patch/cover a hull passthrough. I'd like to eleminate as many pass throughs as possible.

Has anyone re-routed(or removed all together) the head sink to drain with the galley sink and icebox? That would eleminate 1 hull passthrough.

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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 09:23:12

The sink for the head was a factory option. Many boats came without one. Mine has a hanging locker in its place. You still end up with a thru-hull up front for the water intake for the head.

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 09:27:38

I have a porta potty instead of a marine head. I was thinking about putting a hanging locker where the sink is. Kinda silly to have two sinks in a cabin that small.

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Response Posted - 04/26/2011 : 21:50:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kentwm
 Hi Gary,

The boat is over at Seabrook Ship Yard.

I'd like to pick your brain sometime about the boat... some of the things I want to do is: new topside paint, new electronics (at one time the boat was decked out in nice electronic instruments), new sails and a spinnaker or drifter, and many more things.

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Hi Kent!

Finally I have someone with a C25 to sail with! I lost my other C25 compadres during Hurricane Ike when their boats were turned into fiberglass toothpicks.

You won't be able to pick my brain much as I haven't done any of the projects you mention. I do love to talk boats though and I'm always willing to help answer any questions I can.

I am about to install a roller furler and that will be my first big project.

Let me know when you're ready to drop your mast as I already have an A-Frame built. I'd be happy to help you do it. I dropped my mast a couple of years ago by myself and it was really not a big deal.

In fact, I may be dropping my mast again in the next few weeks if I can't get my mast lights working from on deck.

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 04/27/2011 : 02:09:05

hey Gary,

Let me know when your going to install your roller furler, I'll come by to help. nothing better than messin aroud with boats!

Kent

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Response Posted - 04/27/2011 : 07:38:11

When you drop the mast to add the spin halyard, move the forestay from the forward pin on the masthead to the second pin. The spin halyard block will then go on the forward pin.
The general consensus on painting the topsides is "don't, unless it is absolutely necessary." That applies especially to the hull above the waterline. Try buffing it out and waxing it instead. The deck is another matter. On our C-22 the foredeck non-skid was looking really bad, so I did paint it. Used topsides paint from WM ans so far, it's holding up well.

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Response Posted - 04/27/2011 : 08:34:59

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kentwm
 hey Gary,

Let me know when your going to install your roller furler, I'll come by to help. nothing better than messin aroud with boats!

Kent
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Will do Kent!

Have you ever installed a furler?

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 04/27/2011 : 08:49:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by GaryB
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by kentwm
 hey Gary,

Let me know when your going to install your roller furler, I'll come by to help. nothing better than messin aroud with boats!

Kent
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Will do Kent!

Have you ever installed a furler?
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nope. but I have done a lot of work on boats the last couple of years and am always looking for opportunities to do(learn) something new.

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Response Posted - 04/27/2011 : 08:53:56

I'll give you shout when I'm ready to go. Probably be in June (want to be sure it's hot and sticky before I get started)!

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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 20:50:44

I'm not in Houston butI am in Texas. I'm in Rockport. I sail in rough windy conditions down here most of the time. I've been sailing 40 years however I am a new catalina 25 owner. " Bohemian " is a 1984 tr/fk. She was at watergate during Ike so she has a few storm dings.

Regards, Tim Erwin, Rockport, Texas

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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/11/2011 : 21:28:46

Hey Tim! Welcome aboard!

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 06:49:13

So Tim, did you sail your boat down from Galveston Bay to Rockport or did you trailer it?

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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 15:32:07

I had a shipper move it from Watergater to a boatyard here in Rockport. I had her pulled out at the fancy boatyard next to Watergate. They pulled the boat, waterblasted the bottom and put her on the trailer. They charged me around $500.00. That's twice the cost here. The shipper charged $ 180.00 to take the mast down and $800.00 to move her. Way too much money! I didn't know the boat or the motor and that's 3 days in the ditch. Too many things can go wrong with the unknowns.

In retrospect, I would have had no problems bringing her here myself, but I cant look at it that way.

Thanks for the welcome, Tim

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/12/2011 : 18:00:17

I asked because a friend and I have been talking about sailing down to your area sometime... I'd leave the boat down there a month or two and then sail her back.

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Response Posted - 05/13/2011 : 21:13:00

Kent, come on down. This is a very popular destination point for many cruisers. There are city dock and a private marima, Key Allegro, that has transient room. The marina has a bar. The Rockport city marina is walking distance to places to eat. If you are ruffin it out , the chanel that goes out of Aransas bay to Port Aransas, Lydia Ann chanel, is a good anchorage and has prettier water because it is closer to the gulf.Port Aransas is a great destination point as well. If you ever head this way, let me know.

Tim

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Response Posted - 05/21/2011 : 21:51:15

Hey Kent!

I just purchased a C25 FK/SR in January. I'm a new sailor so i've been learning alot everyday. Glad to see some other C25s down there! Gary, let me know how the furler goes because it looks pretty handy to have!

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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 03:45:33

Welcome aboard Capt John! Will do on the furler. Should have an answer by tomorrow night!

Where do you keep your boat?

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 06:20:47

John,

I've done everything you mentioned in you other post about being a new cat 25 owner and more(fiberglass, deck hardware, and electrical system).

Where's your boat? And if you'd like come by my boat to talk about what you need to do or I can stop by your boat. I usually spend time on the boat most weekends.

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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 06:49:51

Capt John and Kent,

If you get bored this afternoon I could show you how to drop a mast! I'll even let you help if you'd like since my wife isn't going to go after all.

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 06:58:06

Gary,

When and where? I will be in Seabrook sometime after 1pm today and messin about on my boat all afternoon while my wife watches a movie withh her aunt.

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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 07:11:09

Not sure just when yet. I'm getting ready to head down to the boat which will take an hour and then I need to do some running around. Will you have access to this forum while you're at the boat?

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kentwm
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Response Posted - 05/22/2011 : 07:17:08

Gary,

I just sent you a PM with my cell number. I will check this forum once again before I leave for the boat but will not have access after that. Send me a text or call me.

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