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77Gypsy
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Initially Posted - 12/03/2003 : 15:58:45

i saw one yesterday selling for $500.00 the hull, rigging, keel and rudder all seemed sound. i was thinkng about a spring project to fix it up then sell. are there problem areas in which i need to look at carefully.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 12/03/2003 : 16:20:37

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by 77Gypsy
 i saw one yesterday selling for $500.00 the hull, rigging, keel and rudder all seemed sound. i was thinkng about a spring project to fix it up then sell. are there problem areas in which i need to look at carefully.
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http://www.southriverboatrentals.com/24rainbow.html

http://www.baileywick.org/pot.htm

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77Gypsy
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Response Posted - 12/03/2003 : 18:40:19

Thanks for the picture. The one i am looking at is a lot rougher. anything on performace or specs?

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77Gypsy
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Response Posted - 12/03/2003 : 18:40:51

Never mind, i clicked on the link. THANKS!!!

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Response Posted - 12/03/2003 : 22:13:46

I think they are used in a number of sailing schools, probably because they have a pretty big cockpit. If that is true, I also suspect that they are used in the rental market, for daysailing.

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Response Posted - 12/04/2003 : 09:39:31

As early as the 1960s, the 24' Rainbow was used by Annapolis Sailing School as its basic trainer. At that time, the sailing school people said the Annapolis Sailing School owned the company that manufactured the boats. Although I was just learning about sailing, the boats seemed to be very sturdily built, as you would expect of a trainer. Annapolis also built an old design 25' cruiser and a newer design 26' cruiser. The school used the Rainbows without motors, and the students had to learn to beat to windward through a very narrow channel (about 40' wide) to get out of the marina and to the practice area. The boats tacked very easily. The instructor told us that the sailing school took students out for instruction in Rainbows in winds up to 50 kts. They believed it was a valuable learning experience, explaining that, what better time to get caught in heavy weather for the first time than when you have a skilled instructor on board.

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Response Posted - 12/04/2003 : 10:00:46

"The instructor told us that the sailing school took students out for instruction in Rainbows in winds up to 50 kts."

Hope they had more than the single reef point shown in the photo...

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Response Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:56:11

I can see them sailing in heavy winds. for such a small boatm, the keel is very big with a huge lead bulb on the bottom. when you look at it from the side, it is all keel!

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Response Posted - 12/04/2003 : 16:23:38

I had forgotten that the Rainbow was designed by Sparkman and Stevens until I clicked on the above link. I didn't know the keel had a bulb, but it sure gets the keel weight as low as possible. I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if S&S didn't design them under contract with Annapolis Sailing School for use as trainers. The Rainbow is very easy to sail. It stands up to the wind, turns on a dime, sails well in light and heavy air, and, from my two-day experience, it doesn't seem to have any bad sailing qualities.

I don't remember how many reef points Annapolis had on their sails, but, on Tampa Bay, they probably had more than one set. They said they only cancelled on-water instruction because of weather three times in twelve years, and those were days when hurricanes hit the area.

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Randolph G. Wilson
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Response Posted - 12/09/2003 : 18:37:35

I believe the Rainbow is a Sparkman and Stevens design. A friend of mine let me sail his boat out of Annapolis a few years ago. The boat is very sturdy, the sail plan is conservative. It is a great daysailor if that's what you are looking for.

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Response Posted - 12/10/2003 : 14:27:39

i was thinking of a fixer-upper to sell in the late spring. $500.00!!! plus the learning expirience of doing a job like that can come in useful.

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