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frich
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Initially Posted - 03/12/2004 :  07:31:16  Show Profile  Visit frich's Homepage
I really like the Catalina 25 for all the ammenities it offers. But looking at this months Good Old Boat magazine introduced me to the Pacific Seacraft 25 ft.

What a boat!! and a 25 footer than can cruise blue waters, I'm impressed. Check out the interior craftsmanship. Also did a search on Yacht world and the 27 is even nicer.

I want one of those!!!

Frank R
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Captain B
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  09:09:40  Show Profile
Before you get too excited about it, check out the Price $$$$$$$. I too like these boats, but ouch. I could buy several Catalinas for the price of a Pacific Seacraft.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  09:40:08  Show Profile
Check out the "Norsea 27" too. Downside... got an extra $40K (used boat) lying about?
Note that these boats have about double the displacement of the C25.

http://www.norseayachts.com/norsea27.html
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frich
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  16:10:35  Show Profile  Visit frich's Homepage
I can deam can't I? Unless of course someone has about $60K to lend me
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  16:54:13  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
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seastream
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  17:12:31  Show Profile  Visit seastream's Homepage
Caliber and Cape Dory, though expensive, are nice boats as well. Keeping focus, we can't all own the do all end all of boats. Catalina satisfies many sailors requirements, perhaps the most important being affordability while remaining quite safe and seaworthy. If it weren't for Catalina, many sailors would never sea water on their own bottom!
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  18:08:48  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">slow<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Frank, click on this hyperlink. The Hobie 33 will be more to your liking.

http://www.blsa.us/racingm.html
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  22:42:30  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Steve Milby</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">slow<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Frank, click on this hyperlink. The Hobie 33 will be more to your liking.

http://www.blsa.us/racingm.html
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As I recall they have a narrow beam for their length, low wetted surface; real rockets!
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  22:54:50  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by frich</i>
<br />What a boat!! ...I want one of those!!!
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Venture/MagGreggor owners say the same thing about Catalinas!
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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  22:56:20  Show Profile
What did these guys do? Just recover from a knockdown?

Our J/30 team's primary competition is a Hobie 33; very nice boat with very nice Kevlar sales. We swapped second and third place all season long. Not first, you say? No, that belongs to a professionally maintained J/30 that is raced with a professional crew. Wouldn't you get tired of beating the local-yokels by five minutes in every single race? Why bother? :-( Go pick on somebody your own skill.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/12/2004 :  23:00:07  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com</i>
<br /> ...real rockets!
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The trouble with rockets is there's always something else that's rocketier! For cruising, I'll take a comfortable cruiser--for racing, I'd go one-design and compete against the other skippers--not the boat designers. ("Professional crew"?? Yee-gads!)
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 :  11:01:25  Show Profile
The Hobie 33 is trailerable too...
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