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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Initially Posted - 11/12/2004 : 18:23:34

I have read some of you making comments about how SLOW Island packets are. Is the 26 a better boat that the 30+'s?
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63730&item=4503790537&rd=1"]'82 Island Packet 26[/url]

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Frank Hopper
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Pitcairn Island
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Response Posted - 11/12/2004 : 18:59:02

[url="http://home.mchsi.com/~johnnie5/index.html"]Oh my goodness[/url]

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Lightnup
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Response Posted - 11/12/2004 : 20:15:19

Beautiful interior on that 26 footer. As for the other one,

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 11/12/2004 : 20:40:45

"...about how SLOW Island packets are..."

Well, the 26' IP displaces twice as much as our C25's on about the same waterline... odds are she won't be fast in anything but heavy air. On the other hand, I think you could be comfortable crossing an ocean in her. That's what she's made for.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 11/12/2004 : 21:30:00

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ClamBeach
 "...about how SLOW Island packets are..."

"Well, the 26' IP displaces twice as much as our C25's on about the same waterline..."<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

The IP 26's beam and LWL is closer to the C30 than our C25.

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/12/2004 : 21:54:53

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ClamBeach
 I think you could be comfortable crossing an ocean in her. That's what she's made for.
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She's very pretty, but not a passagemaker... No bridge deck, for starters. One big wave over the transom, and suddenly all that ballast is working against you! And that barn-door rudder is straight from a catboat (bay boat), but might be overwhelmed if the little Packet is heeled and pitching in big seas.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 07:10:39

She's probably not as slow as the typical IP. She doesn't really have a full keel. She has a shoal keel/centerboard, which should perk her up a little. I don't see the kind of big cockpit drains you would like in a blue water boat. Our C25s have better cockpit drainage than she appears to have. She's a nice boat and has apparently been well-maintained.

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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 10:48:49

Here is another link to the IP. She's here in my "backyard" at Lake Lanier, GA.

http://www.snugharborboats.com/boatpics/26islandpacket82.pdf

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 10:51:47

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Steve Milby
 She's probably not as slow as the typical IP.
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Ya, those IPs are dogs...

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 11/13/2004 : 10:54:56

"The IP 26's beam and LWL is closer to the C30 than our C25. "

Heh... No mercy on this forum!... y'all knew what I meant... she's fairly short and heavy. Dinna look closely enough to notice the lack of a bridge deck.. IMHO design blunder in any sailboat. However, I reckon in any kind of weather you would leave the bottom hatchboard in all the time. Rudder is strange... guess they valued that shoal draft.

Battery switch (assume that's a battery switch) looks a little out of place in the cockpit... OTOH, having it handy would be a good thing if you had electrical problems underway.

Sure is a pretty interior though.

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