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Oscar
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Initially Posted - 03/08/2003 : 21:57:29

Greetings,

If you visit "the other side" you'll know I was in the market for a used 25 or early 250....well I found a new, never in the water 2002 WB....drove her home last night (900 miles)
She's in the diveway, as soon as I get her all dressed, I'll take some pictures....meanwhile I need cockpit cushions, for our Spring Break sail in FLA, anywhwere between NYC and FLA...

Anyone <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

Oscar, oscar@noln.com

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dannyhain
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 14:34:04

Congrats Oscar, Im sure either model would make for great sailing.This is the right place to learn and share ideas concerning
your boat. Enjoy. Danny

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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:04:00

Congrats Oscar. Welcome to the Catalina family. <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>If you visit "the other side" you'll know I was in the market for a used 25 <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote> You mean the Dark Side don't you.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Feel free to go over to the Dark Side and stir them up once in a while. We haven't had any friendly banter with the C25 people in at least a month or two. Will be looking for the pictures. Just remember when they call our boats Clorox bottles they are just jealous because while they are working on their teak we are sailing.

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df06b3127cce944032c5b1370000000010" border=0>On the hard &
Under Roof Cave Run Lake KY
Ray Seitz C 250WB #628 Sea Major

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dannyhain
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:09:44

I thought the Dark Side were Powerboaters :-)

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:16:08

Just remember when they call our boats Clorox bottles they are just jealous because while they are working on their teak we are sailing.

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df06b3127cce944032c5b1370000000010" border=0>On the hard &
Under Roof Cave Run Lake KY
Ray Seitz C 250WB #628 Sea Major
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They're all clorox bottles. Remember, if we had the money we'd all be in a Hinckley, tied up at our private dock in the back yard, never to bee seen going down the road again.....

Oscar <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:46:46

"Just remember when they call our boats Clorox bottles they are just jealous because while they are working on their teak we are sailing."

If we didn't have teak, we would have to cover our boats in shame!

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df06b3127cce944032c5b1370000001410" border=0>

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Oscar
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 21:58:50

If we didn't have teak, we would have to cover our boats in shame!

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df06b3127cce944032c5b1370000001410" border=0>

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Actually, I'm a 25 owner trapped in a 250 body, I'll be putting teak on it this summer, and I hope to be using it enought so I don't have to cover itt up.....

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Ben - FL
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Response Posted - 03/09/2003 : 22:37:59

Congrats on the new acqusition. I'm sure you will be happy with the vessel. I think they are very practical and enjoy mine immensely, even if it does look a little untoward. But after you add some graphics and some art or nick-nacks it does become pretty homey though. It's the adventure that counts!

Safe voyages,
Ben, FL s/v Chick-a-pea C250wk
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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 06:59:38

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>If we didn't have teak, we would have to cover our boats in shame! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote> I knew I could count on you Don to partake in sone friendly banter. Don are you planning a cruise to Lake Erie this year? We have our summer schedule and I think we are heading up to Erie or points north the second week of Aug. BTW I think I am removing the cover this weekend(no more vail of shame) and start hauling all the boat stuff back to it. That is of course if I have made enough progress on my ever increasing list of things to do @ home.

Oscar The pictures you posted in the other topic look great. What is your hull number?

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3df06b3127cce944032c5b1370000000010" border=0>On the hard &
Under Roof Cave Run Lake KY
Ray Seitz C 250WB #628 Sea Major

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Dragonfly
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 08:30:08

Congrats on the new boat. Have fun.

C-250 WK #641
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Lake Texoma, Texas

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 12:22:19

"I knew I could count on you Don to partake in some friendly banter."

I couldn't pass up the opportunity! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

"Don are you planning a cruise to Lake Erie this year?"

Ray,

Yes, I am planning a cruise, but most likely it is going to be up to Lake Huron. I'm still planning on doing some extended weekends to the islands in Lake Erie this summer, but not any 7-10 day cruises like last year(the Admiral wife wants a terra firma vacation this year <img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>). I still have a one night slip credit for Cedar Point that I have to use before the end of June so I might go there.

If you are planning a Lake Erie trip, you may want to start making slip reservations now because they tend to fill up fast. An excellent cruising guide is Lakeland Boating's "Lake Erie Ports O' Call".
<img src="https://lakeland.nsvirtualflow.com/lakeland/shop/images/guide_erie2.jpg" border=0>
It has a ton of good stuff in it and a new edition is coming out this month.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 13:40:26

Don,

Where and when in Lake Huron?

Our plans are to put in at Harrisville, Mi. again around July 26 and return from North Channel around Aug 15.

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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Dragonfly
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 14:18:46

Why the refernce to Clorox bottles?

C-250 WK #641
Flywater@sbcglobal.net
Lake Texoma, Texas

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 14:55:57

BTW...now that clorox bottles are brought up...

If there are two of them about 20 feet apart planted by the locals in a generally deep enough area but with shoaling spots... does it mean that a channel exist between them or that a ridge lies between them?

Arlyn C-250 W/B #224
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N/E Texas and Great Lakes

[url="http://www.cox-internet.com/arlynstewart/"]Arlyn's C250 Mods n Cruisin Stories[/url]

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 15:12:14

"Where and when in Lake Huron?"

Probably just around the southern portion of Lake Huron sometime in August.

I'm heading up to my father's cottage on Stag Island which is in the St. Clair river just south of Port Huron. From there, I'm going on to Lake Huron.

I would love to go to the North Channel, but time doesn't permit it. Since I can't trailer, I have to sail/motor from NW Lake Erie, up the Detroit River, across Lake St. Clair, up the St. Clair river, and then on to Lake Huron. This is going to take some time which wouldn't leave any time for the North Channel.

<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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North Star SR/FK

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andy
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 17:26:18

Hey you C25 guys...I love teak, I gotta solid teak table and breakfront in my dining room....where teak belongs!!!!

Andy Anderson
CSCO Kid 250WB #163
MHYC McCall Ida. elv.5000'/45 deg.N.Lat.
ps. I hate the friggin winter and all you warm climate pukes!!!!! the boats on the hard and the lake's frozen... by the way...I hate ice skating, hockey, skiing, snowshoeing, and anything else that has to with the friggin winter!!!! ok I'm better now.

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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 18:46:33

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> Why the refernce to Clorox bottles?

C-250 WK #641
Flywater@sbcglobal.net
Lake Texoma, Texas
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Well dragonfly since you asked this link will take you to the most recent ( not the only, first, or probably last ) discussion where several aka names ( like clorox bottle ) for the C250 came up. The topic is 4 pages long. http://www.catalina25-250.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2015

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Under Roof Cave Run Lake KY
Ray Seitz C 250WB #628 Sea Major

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Bryan Beamer
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Response Posted - 03/12/2003 : 20:19:44

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>ps. I hate the friggin winter and all you warm climate pukes!!!!! the boats on the hard and the lake's frozen... by the way...I hate ice skating, hockey, skiing, snowshoeing, and anything else that has to with the friggin winter!!!! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Now Now, winter is almost over. In 5 or 6 week you will be on the water again.

Maybe it's time to relocate to a place that doesn't have cold winters.

Bryan Beamer
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Daylight Again
C250wk #495

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andy
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Response Posted - 03/13/2003 : 10:52:02

Bryan,

I think the snowbird idea is the best. I had a momentary case of cabin fever. It's actually weather to start working on the boat now (in Boise) so that takes the edge off. Summers on Payette lake in McCall are fantastic. No sailing in the winter makes the summers even better. Hopefully we'll be in by late April.

Andy on CSCO Kid

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willy
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Response Posted - 03/17/2003 : 17:20:20

Oscar,
Did you buy that boat in New Jersey? I think I just missed it. Can you find me one?
Willy

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willy
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Response Posted - 03/17/2003 : 17:20:32

Oscar,
Did you buy that boat in New Jersey? I think I just missed it. Can you find me one?
Willy

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john the actuary
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Response Posted - 03/18/2003 : 17:57:35

Oscar,

I had a similar experience. Found a 2002 Wing keel in NJ that someone had bought new, sailed a few times, and immediately traded in for a bigger boat.

Buying in the middle of winter in the northeast definitely makes the dealer hungry to sell. Definitely shifts to a buyer's market that time of year. Only bad part is the sitting around waiting for spring.

Good Luck

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