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Originally Posted by aeventyr60
I think that dog won't hunt and maybe will bite you in the ass. Since it's been in the pound (on the market) for awhile maybe she's just the runt of the litter or a real bitch. Maybe not house trained either as she has pissed all over herself(engine rooms leaks). If your afraid of running into something maybe a seeing eye dog would be better? A nice dog will just beg the attention of your chip hammer, grinder and magical potions of epoxy, red lead and other noxious coatings, instead of slapping back. Since there are so many top dogs up in your neck of the woods, why not gather up the pack for your testsail? Sounds like a good day out for the old dogs. Enjoy your sail. Let the rest of us hounds know how it works out.
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My tongue-in-cheek trash talk aside, you bring up excellent points.
My problem is that even a great number of Westsails that I'm seeing on the market are up a year or more, at prices that 5 years ago would have been untouchable.
Not being argumentative, but like this red metal boat being listed for awhile, is it the price, the market, or is it the boat? Like everything else in life, and short of a survey and test sail, I would guess it's a combination of all three.
And, no, there isn't a huge selection of boats up here. Like everything else in this state, as soon as it gets here, the price doubles or triples.
At the end of the day, I was looking for a strong forgiving boat that I can grow with, that will kindly remind me of the rusty modest skills I developed years ago, and then allow me to build new ones as I slowly venture further out;
eventually living in the post apocalyptic expanse of the vast South Pacific, far from land with my 2 house bunnies and trusty dog, fighting to rebuild the race, and of course, fighting zombies.
But seriously, I don't want a boat that requires a 15knt wind to do 2knts on the water. Big boat and heavy sails get old single handing - but on the flip-side, I'm not in a rush to get anywhere.
The last boat that put a bee in my bonnet was a yellow 30' Sagitta made in Denmark I saw 2 years ago, for sale in SanFran. The timing just wasn't right to pull the trigger, but I also just didn't have the stones to go for it.
Then on one of these forums, I saw the postings of the guy who bought her for peanuts, and she was on the market for over 2 years.
He just raved about how he loved his little yellow 30' full keel double ender. How she was bristol - thought he only needed to oil the toe rail 'just to be safe' - how he was planning to sail the Atlantic the next month to a Sagitta regatta in Germany.
...god I hate that guy.
Thanks.
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