On Jan 11, 10:31*am, "
wrote:
On Jan 10, 4:35 pm, Gordon wrote:





Bob wrote:
On Jan 10, 8:50 am, "
wrote:
My wife and I are still looking for a 27 foot used boat, *for summer
cruising north from Port Townsend, WA,
Richard

DId yo go here and look at Mahina's list??

http://www.mahina.com/boats.html

Bob

* *Don't need an offshore cruiser for what they will be doing. They will
want something that moves in light air.
* Gordon

Yes, I did, and thanks for the tip. However Gordon is right - in the
summer here the problem is more often too little wind than too much.
At the same time you do need a boat that will handle some weather.

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At the risk of disagreeing and appearing partisan. The summer here in
Montreal suffers from chronic light air. With a 150 or 160% roller
furling genny the boat moves along quite well. When the wind picks
up, that's when the boat really shines. With a reef in the main and a
small foresail (or a partially furled genny) she will put her shoulder
into it and go. I've been out in lake Ontario in 10 foot waves and
winds at 20 - 25 with gusts higher without my wife being worried (too
much GRIN). The boat is very much over built and will take a lot.
What you will hear is that the boat is underpowered wiht an 8hp diesel
but I have not found this to be a real issue. Our lake gets a nasty
short chop going and we manage to power through it quite well. The
other thing that keeps nagging at the back of my mind ins the
rudder. It seems exposed at the back of the boat and I sometimes
wonder about it. On th eother hand we have had no problems during the
ten years we have owner our boat and neither did my dad with his.

If you wish. contact me directly at Matt dot koch @ sympatico dot ca
and we can talk a bot off line.

Cheers

Matt