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seads
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Initially Posted - 05/05/2003 : 22:32:36

Closed on our boat this AM! Wish us luck!

Stewart Eads
"Osprey" 1982 FK/SR

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 : 22:48:14

Congratulations, Stewart! Welcome to the club. IMHO, you bought the best C25 configuration(FK/SR), but I could be a little biased.

Again, Congrats!

<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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Doug
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 : 22:49:56

welcome aboard!
FK/SR is a great way to go. What lay out did you get? where are you sailing from?

Doug - #1913 Noeta

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seads
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 : 23:16:13

We are in Charleston SC. Bought boat with my father in law ('billob' on board) who is a former C-27 owner. We'd both been out of boats for a little while so are anxious to get going again.

Layout is what I believe is called the dinette (correct me if I'm wrong)...bench seating on port and starboard with table folding down from forward bulkhead.

Stewart Eads
"Osprey" 1982 FK/SR

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10timesSaltier
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Response Posted - 05/05/2003 : 23:19:48

Congrats Stewart!

Layout is called "traditional".

Brian.
Great Salt Lake (10-times saltier than the ocean)
"SAFARI", '81 C25 TR-FK #2275

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Chip Hunt
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Response Posted - 05/11/2003 : 09:36:04

congrats on your purchase, seads. i live in charleston and have a c25 as well (also traditional). my boat is an 84 TR/FK named 'slowly but maybe.' i keep it in slip D19 at the cooper river marina. there are 4 or 5 other c25s there, as well as about maybe a dozen other catalinas, both larger and smaller. what marina will you be sailing out of? i think you will be very pleased with your purchase. the c25 is perfectly suited for sailing in charleston harbor, as well as coastal/icw cruising to places like beaufort. my father was in town from georgia this weekend, and we sailed on one tack from the maritime center, past fort sumter, and out of the jetties. the winds were in the 13-14kt range, and once we left the jetties, the seas built to six or seven feet. the boat does very well in such conditions, but i typically stay within sight of the coastline, so we turned and sailed back into the harbor. we went from the jetties all the way down to the battery on one tack (a distance of about 7 1/2 miles), heeled to about 25 degrees the whole time (it was great!). there were 4 or 5 other (larger) boats doing the exact same thing, so we had company/competition. i am certain that you will thank yourself for buying a c25. i have been on faster boats, but the extras that the c25 gives you in terms of creature comforts and support (both from catalina and groups such as this) are well worth that knot in speed you may lose. let me know if i can be of any help to you. i am familiar with some of the boat yards/riggers/sailmakers/marinas here.

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Response Posted - 05/11/2003 : 12:34:59

Good work, Stewart! The SR/FK is indeed a great combination for the Atlantic coast, although we hang out in the somewhat sheltered Long Island Sound.

The dinette interior has a "booth" to port, which makes it less roomy for walking around, but easier to bridge the aisle to make a queen-sized berth. (You can do that, too, but you have a larger area to fill in.)

Too bad ours isn't in the water... except that storms are rolling in this afternoon, and we're going shopping for M-Day.

Fair winds, and keep in touch...

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 #5032 "Passage" SR/FK/Dinette/Honda in SW CT

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billob
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Response Posted - 05/11/2003 : 17:33:14

Hello All - I'm the "billob" Stewart refers to in his message. Excited about sailing again. Had a C22 and a C27 then went to power (an Albin 27 - a sailboat without a mast, as we called it). Ran that for about 11 years but now looking forward to being in the sail set.
All you C25s in Charleston - we want to meet and get ideas - not only mundane things like how to lower a mast, but what kind of roller furling to get (or can we get by without it and use downhauls on the jib/genoa ?)? We just got a new Nissan 8HP 2 stroke with alternator and long shaft - I think we got enough motor - any comments ? (be kind !)
We're going to be at Charleston Harbor Marina (Patriots' Point) - hope current is not an issue - but where do you boat in the Low country without current ?
billob

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seads
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Response Posted - 05/11/2003 : 19:25:01

CHIP:

Your description of your recent sail is driving me nuts to get on the water! Our boat is down at Ross Marine on jack stands getting a few odds and ends taken care of before getting "splashed," probably in a week or two. See you on the Harbor soon!

Stewart Eads
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