On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:58:33 GMT, cavelamb wrote:


What I was thinking of, in fact, was an O'Day 17.
But they seem to be somewhat scarce in these parts (san anton).
And, truth be told, I'm not as young and spry as I once was(!?#^%).

During my net wanderings I came across a cute 18 foot sloop - Capri 18.

There are three currently listed for sale (that I found).
Two happen to be in Texas. The third is in California.

Only one has the trailer for it.
Hull number 128 is in Kemah, just outside south Houston.

A 1987 fin keel (in 1988 they went to a wing keel?) Capri-18.

I think I've lost my mind or something, because I'm driving over tomorrow
to take a look.

A proper pocket yacht, anyone?
Heck, most of the bass boats around here are about 18 feet or so.
I wonder what they'll think if I come back with an 18' fin keel bass boat?

Well, I've been reading this group for a while now.
So I'm going to try to blame it on you guys! (and gals?)

Richard





Ah yes, a very neat well made little sailboat, the Capri 18. We nearly
bought one at the Sailboat Shop in Austin, TX - I don't know if they have
any in stock now or not. We decided it was a bit small for weekenders. We
nearly bought a Hunter 19 which had a surprising amount of cabin for its
size but a test sail was disappointing. We ended up with a Catalina 22
and have been delighted with it for 9 years. Actually we've only used the
C22 for overnighting a few times - we bareboat charter at least 30' for
that. We'd probably have been almost as happy with the Capri 18.