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Kper
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Initially Posted - 05/12/2013 :  06:15:08  Show Profile
My daughter and I were on a 2 day trip last week when I past what I thought was a sailboat sitting under cover. Wouldn't have been so unusual except that we were at least 2 and a half hours from the nearest lake. I surprised my daughter by hitting the brakes and turning around. She says, "You're not seriously going back to look at that boat, are you?" I told her we're miles from the nearest lake and , besides, any boat in this neck of the woods is for sale. Well, turns out it's smaller than what I wanted but it was hard to tell at 60mph and, ya, it <u>was</u> for sale.

The owner was very nice, walked me through his shop to show me the 5 sails he had for it and assorted parts. He claims he couldn't find any information on that make of boat but it took me no time at all to figure out it was a PY23, built by AMF. Swing keel on a decent trailer.

Just thought I'd share - ya never know what you'll find on a back road.
Kyle
'86 SR/SK/Dinette #5284 "Anodyne"
In the barn where we found her...
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  07:23:13  Show Profile
Its a Paceship 23. The gentleman that docked next to me had a Paceship 26. The first boats were built in Canada and later by AMF.
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  07:26:59  Show Profile
Reminds me of something out of "American Pickers". From your photos the boat seems to be in decent shape for a boat from the 70s. My other boat, <i>Voyager</i>, is a 16' AMF Alcort Sunbird (a small boat with a long name). Has that 70s look too.
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  08:34:13  Show Profile
The Paceships were nice, stout little boats--I knew somebody with a Canadian-built PY-26 with an inboard diesel, good standing headroom, and creditable performance. They seemed to fade away quickly after AMF took them over... Too bad about that "stylish" raked transom--it takes a lot of cockpit space away, and puts the outboard almost out of reach.
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Kper
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  09:06:16  Show Profile
The interior was perfect size for two 5 year olds. Any older and it was too small. Head room was about 5', no... 4'. Wife wants me to call the guy and see if he'll take five hundred bucks for it all.
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  14:49:23  Show Profile
The friend next to my slip had one in the mid 80's, I sailed a Spirit 23 at the time and they were very similar. His Paceship 23 was named Wheat Chex, it was the color of the cereal but paid for by harvest.
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