Maybe you should have offered $5K? These are fairly comfy boats... not
as roomy as modern ones, and they don't sail all that well, but if you
want "a lot of boat for the money" they do the job. A friend of mine
just moved up from a Morgan OI 33 to an 41' OI.

I would have jumped on it for $5000. My banker had called me about the boat.
The owner had cancer and he still owed the bank 10 grand. The boat just sold
for the pay-off. It sure was a big comfy boat alright!!

You need a Johnson 18 then... or a Laser!

I sail my SC 26' center cockpit and SC 22' in and out almost every time
without the motor and we are on the last row of slips. I think it good
practice, because you never know what will happen and you don't have your
motor when you need it. The wife and I have it down pat. I used to motor in
and out, but I watched these old guys sailing in and out without the aid of
a motor and thought it was so cool. We even beat our way out in our SC 22'
once, it was a chore though, but a feather in our cap (as far as we are
concerned anyway).