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D Wrate
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Initially Posted - 10/29/2004 : 17:40:38

Hi all, I am a frequent lurker, occasional poster. We have a 25 ft Hughes sailboat and recently made the big leap to something a bit larger to accomodate longer excursions, more space etc...

You folks are a real inspiration pool of ideas and alternatives! Keep up the great stuff!

Pics are here:
http://www.sailboatowners.com/album/searchresults.tpl?fno=300&amodel=34&abrand=Crown&asite=TS&start=1&bts=T&sku=1098816219977228

David
Sidney BC

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 10/29/2004 : 17:52:42

Sweet boat! Congratulations, David. You should get a lot of enjoyment out of her. Fair winds!

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/29/2004 : 20:20:18

Yeah... I'm frequenting Yachtworld a lot these days too.

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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 10/29/2004 : 22:36:55

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by D Wrate
 recently made the big leap to something a bit larger to accomodate longer excursions, more space etc...
David
Sidney BC
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Wow, she's a beauty, congratulations! And what a place to have a boat, eh, right in the heart of the San Juan and Gulf Islands!. Sidney is a neat little town, and the marina is a wonderful place to make an overnight stop, so I imagine it's even better when it's your home port. I love the hanging flower baskets on the pilings - they give the marina a really nice touch of color. I am really intent on making it up there for a cruise next summer, if I can get at least a couple of other boats from my sailing club to sign up, so maybe you can give us the grand tour of your new boat when we stop over (Our club cruises up there have almost always included at least one night in Sidney). Where was she built, and what is the model year?

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 10/30/2004 : 09:42:13

David, one side of me is jealous on the big jump you made, or should that word be envious. If I lived on water like that I suspect I'd want something a bit bigger than osmepneo, but for now I have the perfect boat for the lake I sail. Good luck with the jump, and let us know how things are going.

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D Wrate
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Response Posted - 11/01/2004 : 14:35:18

She is a 1978 Crown 34 built in Vancouver. The molds were later sold to a company in Seattle called GlasFab IIRC who produced a few as Sun 1030's. Out of the same molds also came the San Juan 34.

Yesterday were were out in 12-15 kts and saw 7.5 kts thru the water (7.2 SOG) on a beam reach!!! Full main and 150% genny!!! While we were making coffee!

Man I love it!

D.

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 11/01/2004 : 19:28:14

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Yeah... I'm frequenting Yachtworld a lot these days too.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

In past time that was considered a possible symptom. Modern day science leans more and more to equating it with a diagnosis, especially when time logged on starts being expressed in hours........ The only variable is the incubation period to the full blown disease. I know what I'm talking about.

For those of you that ask for pictures of the battleship.....Florida bound November 10th. I'm going to put some kind of log together for my web site. (If I survive....)

http://www.woodenshoemusic.com/Images/familypics/Forumshots/wow.jpg

Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Ex. C250 WB #618)

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 11/01/2004 : 19:53:57

Oscar, today I was browsing through yachtworld, and looked at the interior of a C42, and oh my is it nice!

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 11/02/2004 : 07:37:29

As we all agree, Catalina has a talent for optimizing interior space without destroying the look or performance. The 25/28/30, the new gen models, they all feel larger inside than their length would suggest. The 42 is indeed cavernous, and has the feel of other brands' 48's inside. Don't forget the beam is 13'11". Still, it's put together like a 25 or a 30, so it's easy to feel right at home.

Oscar
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Ex. C250 WB #618)

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Todd Frye
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Response Posted - 11/04/2004 : 16:29:19

Back in 2000, I attended a Western Museum Convention in Victoria B.C. I set up some appointments to view big boats with Mahina Yachts (http://www.mahinayachts.com/mahinayachts/index.html). These are great folks, by the way. Brian met us at the Seattle airport and then took us by ferry to Bainbridge Island and our first viewing. We saw a Kettenburg, a Concordia, a Beneteau and an Island Trader. If only you could put an Island Trader interior into a Concordia hull. Next stop was Port Townsend, then Port Angeles and across the Straights to Victoria. I was in heaven until we pulled into Victoria. Then, I died and went to heaven. A huge old 150 foot schooner was permanently slipped in the harbor, easily viewed from the Empress Hotel (http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHomePage/0%2C2993%2Cproperty%25255Fseq%253D100128%2C00.html). I had set aside one full day to travel to Sidney, as I had read an article in WoodenBoat mag, about this great shipyard there. Bent Jesperson (http://www.jespersenboats.com/)was held in very high regard by the author of the article. Although there were no signs, I just had a feeling as I walked past this building, that this was the place. Very old world, traditional, my kind of place. Bents son now runs the place, and he was good enough to spend some quality time” talkin’ about boats”. There are a few other small marinas in the area, all very personable and beautiful. Truly a Garden of Eden…just with lots of water.( Unless you throw in the Butchart Gardens, but I digress). Fair Winds. Todd Frye

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D Wrate
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Response Posted - 11/10/2004 : 13:44:45

Yes, we feel quite blessed to live here. 20 mins drive and we are at the boat. 20 mins later and we are slipping the dock lines.

There a literally hundreds of anchorages around here, beautiful scenery, excellent services, marine and otherwise.

It is easy to become immune to it all but every time we are on the water we pinch ourselves. We moved here from Alberta only last year but I doubt the charm will ever wear off.

D.

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