Hi Bob,
Thanks for the suggestions. Just added to my signature. You can see a boat in Wyoming would be closer to me than one in Seattle. Know of any great cruisers for sale in WY?
I would love love to own a boat like the Cascade if I lived on the coast. What we would really like is a vacation home on the water. The Cascade would be a great boat for that. I also would love the Ericson. I have chartered one on the SF bay years ago, and race a 38 footer on Bear Lake in UT. I would love to own this one but by the time I got a trailer and a truck big enough to tow it it is out of my price range.
Within a 2 hour drive of here in SLC I have the following boats available with trailer:
- Catalina 27 (could be great boat but needs work and no room for two to share a berth- important consideration for a newlywed.) $4500 without motor
- Catalina 25 two avail. not standing head room but two places to sleep as a couple and ready to drop in the water and sail away. $5-6000
- Balboa 26 Similar speed to the Catalina but swing keeled easier to launch and ready to sail.
- $6000
- Ranger 23 two available at around $3500 one without trailer and one without spinnaker or elect system.
I am surprised at the number of boats available almost $1000 miles from the coast. I really like the Ranger 23 a lot but feel the v-berth is cramped for cruising if I could find one on trailer ready to rigged to race I would be very interested.