On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:50:23 -0400, DSK wrote:

Would you consider this boat?

http://tinyurl.com/ke4eh

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hunte...QQcmdZViewItem

We had one for years, and for the dual purposes of
trailerability & comfort, I never saw any boat to beat it.
With a decent set of sails, these boats sail quite well too.

It doesn't have the looks of the Precision but it's a lot
more practical in many ways. I could rig & launch this boat
by myself in less than 15 minutes; and we took it for many a
nice week-long cruise between Massachusetts & Georgia.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King


Nothing is out of the question, however, still leaning toward a
Precision 23 or 21. Like the idea of encased lead ballast (however,
not the idea of towing it around).

Spent a lot of time on the trailer sailor forums (lot of helpful
people there) asking questions and getting opinions and ideas. Came
to the conclusion that a P-23 or anything in its class is more of a
"launch, arrange for some temp dockage and leave it in an area that
you can come back to for a number of weeks at a time or the good part
of a season" Or launch, sail for a week or so then pull it but leave
it in the area, dry. It is not a drive to the lake, go through the
trouble of launching and retrieving for a couple of hours sailing.

Since I'm semi- retired and plan to stay that way, the "launch and
leave" may work for me. I also have some free dry storage options in
several of the areas I want to gunkhole around in.

I've also looked with interest at Seaward 26RK (interesting keel
config, but a might too heavy to be hauling around. Also somewhat
pricey), and several used Starwinds.

P-23 with a 231 (210 with spinaker) PHRF is a fair performer, for its
size, relatively speaking. It is also the most stable, and probably
the best built of those that I've researched. Walking on the cabin
trunk roof and foredeck had the same solid feel as my Columbia 8.7 and
far less deflection than my Columbia 24 challenger.

Been on the back burner lately, been drawing up plans to double the
size of my wood shop. I'm afraid if I buy a boat now, I'll fall all
over it fitting it out and lose focus on the shop. And I need the
shop to support some part time work. But if the right deal came
along......

Frank