Bye Bye Alien!
 

Alien has been sold, folks. As expected we did very well. Not on the
agenda was to be caught boatless at the start of the season. We are
looking at the following boats and comments on the possible choices are
welcome:

C&C 37 Center Board
Tartan 37
C&C LF 38
C&C 35 III

Naturally Suzanne likes the Tartan, which is likely to be the most
expensive as well. We're looking at a beautiful C&C 38 in RI next week
and I'm testing out a Tartan 37 in Oyster Bay the following week. We'd
like to make the next boat as much fun and as profitable as Alien was.

RB

OMG call the rubber bus.

Joe

Where will you be sailing?

Scotty

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Alien has been sold, folks. As expected we did very well. Not on the
agenda was to be caught boatless at the start of the season. We are
looking at the following boats and comments on the possible choices
are
welcome:

C&C 37 Center Board
Tartan 37
C&C LF 38
C&C 35 III

Naturally Suzanne likes the Tartan, which is likely to be the most
expensive as well. We're looking at a beautiful C&C 38 in RI next
week
and I'm testing out a Tartan 37 in Oyster Bay the following week.
We'd
like to make the next boat as much fun and as profitable as Alien
was.

RB

Any new boat needs to be less than 5 foot draft to be most useful for
where you
sail. Even 6 feet will dramatically limit your options in the LIS.

I'm aware of that, which is why the deal for th 34+ and 37 non CB boats
were not a great idea, great deal or not. The Tartan 37, C&C 37 CB are
certainly fast, fun boats with the option of pulling up the board. The
C&C LF 38 is a great all around cruiser that draws 5 feet. There are
surprisingly few boats that meet the criteria.

1) Reasonable draft in a 35-38 footer
2) Good performance
3) cabin with births for someone of my height (6'3)
4) Good room for kids below and on deck
5) Nice lines
6) Better than average build quality
7) Price of 80K max
8) Nothing older than early eighties that doesn't need a restoration.
9) Well known builder so we can sell easily one day.

NOT on my list: Catalina, Hunter, Beneteau, O'Day, Cal.
Boats we like: C&C, Tartan, Sabre, Bristol
We're open to suggestions.

RB

We're open to suggestions. .

Buy a motorhome and join another newsgroup.

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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NOT on my list: Catalina, Hunter, Beneteau, O'Day, Cal.
Boats we like: C&C, Tartan, Sabre, Bristol
We're open to suggestions.


Seidelmann 37'.

SV

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message ups.com...
Any new boat needs to be less than 5 foot draft to be most useful for
where you
sail. Even 6 feet will dramatically limit your options in the LIS.

I'm aware of that, which is why the deal for th 34+ and 37 non CB boats
were not a great idea, great deal or not. The Tartan 37, C&C 37 CB are
certainly fast, fun boats with the option of pulling up the board. The
C&C LF 38 is a great all around cruiser that draws 5 feet. There are
surprisingly few boats that meet the criteria.

1) Reasonable draft in a 35-38 footer
2) Good performance
3) cabin with births for someone of my height (6'3)
4) Good room for kids below and on deck

Kids? Got another one in the oven already?

CN

"Scotty" wrote in message ...

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...

NOT on my list: Catalina, Hunter, Beneteau, O'Day, Cal.
Boats we like: C&C, Tartan, Sabre, Bristol
We're open to suggestions.


Seidelmann 37'.

Nobody's THAT dumb!

CN

SV

There are no stupid questions, only stupid replies to stupid
questions.

SV

"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Where will you be sailing?


What a stupid question!!

Regards



Donal
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Do any of the boats on your list have good performance? I looked at a
Tartan a couple of years ago, and it was a very nice boat. However it
certainly did not have good performance. I thought that I might like
one
when I am retired.


I'd have to wind up pretty poor to retire with a Tartan 37, but to each
his own!
The C&C 37 is a very good performer. The C&C 38, Tartan 37 are
cruisers, but certainly not slow boats for true cruisers. I suppose if
I owned a First series Beneteau I'd need to keep telling myself that
"performance" is the end all. We took a look at Hunter, Beneteau and
Catalina, but the cheapness resounds compared to the C&Cs, Tartans and
Sabres. Working as a broker, I speak to many surveyors. I know what to
avoid. If we wanted nothing but perfornance I'd just buy a J35. But we
want a solidly built boat of reasonable quality along with good sailing
characteristics. We don't want a Tayana for these waters and winds
either. As I said, when you cut out the Catalina's, Oday's, Beneteaus,
Hunters and other low-brow brands, the choices are few and expensive
for older boats. I wish I could just settle for a Beneteau or Catalina
as that would be easy to find and buy. We'll buy something better for
Thomas. Meanwhile, we've set 80K or so as a limit for the 4th boat. I
plan to make money on this boat just as with Alien.

RB