"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
I'm just about to spend $50 on gas today doing that exact
thing... looking
at boats. :-)


I spent $655 filling up the truck yesterday. Should last
till Wednesday.

SBV

"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
Still not fast enough. The Aphrodite rates 132. My Echells
beats it--rates 126 in California--not sure what it would rate
around here.

I think you should decide what rating you want and then get
the boat.

How about -21?


That'd be a sled, right? OK consider it done.
Will you cash a check for me first?


OzOne wrote:
Hmm, don't know what an Aphrodite is, but an Etchells is 30' with a
fixed keel and no cabin.
A far different boat to the Ross 650 which goes on/off a trailer in a
few minutes anywhere there's a ramp and can easily overnight.


Here's the Aphrodite... it's a gorgeous boat
http://www.aphrodite101.info/history.htm

It's understandably slower than the Etchells, being a good
bit heavier, more freeboard, and a slightly smaller rig.
Higher aspect ratio, it looks like, but less sail area.

If I get a keelboat & keep it in a slip, then I'm going to
have to haul it & leave it out of the water all next year.
If I get a trailerable boat, it has to be ramp launchable
but I can keep it in the sailing club lot around the corner
and it stores itself. Having already gone the trailerable
cruiser route, I'm getting interested in the prospect of a
sportier trailerable.

There are a lot of cool boats for sale out there, but
unfortunately none seem to be near by.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

http://www.ssssclub.com/a/ftol7907.jpg

Click on 414
http://www.aphrodite101.info/

OzOne wrote

Hmm, don't know what an Aphrodite is...

There are two ways to go. One is for a downwind rocket
sled, and the other is the upwind god like an Aphrodite.

I love going downwind fast, as do most people. Still you
eventually have to turn around and go upwind. And since
it takes 50% longer to sail upwind--more in waves, a boat
that will sail to weather is a blessing, while one that cannot
is a curse. An upwind boat will still do ok with a 'chute
downwind.

So what else is out there that rates a bit better, has a cabin
and is trailerable?

"DSK" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
I think you should decide what rating you want and then get
the boat. How about -21?


That'd be a sled, right? OK consider it done.
Will you cash a check for me first?

If I get a trailerable boat, it has to be ramp launchable but I can keep
it in the sailing club lot around the corner and it stores itself. Having
already gone the trailerable cruiser route, I'm getting interested in the
prospect of a sportier trailerable.

There are a lot of cool boats for sale out there, but unfortunately none
seem to be near by.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

The Aprodite 101 is like an Etchells on steroids
--with a tiny cabin. Very pretty. A fellow at my
boat club has one. I fell in love with it when I saw
it.

The Melges 24 is a good trailerable boat, with
excellent performance, a sparse cabin, and used
boats have excellent resale value, and there are
lots of them--so there is market demand for the
Melges 24. Trailer sailer's are around, but they
seem to have compromises.

Each of these on the used market can be found
for around $22k.

While the Melges could be trailer sailed anywhere,
the Aprodite 101 at 7000 lbs could be trailered too
--you would need to pay to haul and splash it as the
draft is 5.5 feet. I would want a trailer so I could
take it home in the winter or haul it south.

I like the fact that the Aprodite 101 has an inboard
diesel. It makes a nice solo sailor. I just read that
class racing is with the self tending jib! That is a nice
feature.

If I could only have one boat, I'd be happy with the
Aphrodite 101.


OzOne wrote

DSK scribbled thusly:

"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
The Aphrodite rates 132.

Here's the Aphrodite... it's a gorgeous boat
http://www.aphrodite101.info/history.htm

It's understandably slower than the Etchells, being a good
bit heavier, more freeboard, and a slightly smaller rig.
Higher aspect ratio, it looks like, but less sail area.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Wow, what a lovely classic design..stil, it's no trailer boat.
Friend of mine has always owned keelboats, J24 was his last one.
He has now bought a nondescript trailer boat and is spending lots of
time exploring places that are a days drive away, but were a 3 or 4
day sail before.

Oz1...of the 3 twins.

Doug did you see the pictures under "Tricks" where the
owner of an Aphordite 101 installed hooks so he could
use a hoist to launch it?

http://www.aphrodite101.info/

Bart Senior wrote:
Doug did you see the pictures under "Tricks" where the
owner of an Aphordite 101 installed hooks so he could
use a hoist to launch it?

http://www.aphrodite101.info/


No I missed that. It's a little big to handle on a dolly,
don't you think? But people dry-sail bigger boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Here's the Aphrodite... it's a gorgeous boat
http://www.aphrodite101.info/history.htm



OzOne wrote:
Wow, what a lovely classic design..stil, it's no trailer boat.

Agreed. Not much room inside but I guess it's so much fun to
sail that nobody wants to go below?

Friend of mine has always owned keelboats, J24 was his last one.
He has now bought a nondescript trailer boat and is spending lots of
time exploring places that are a days drive away, but were a 3 or 4
day sail before.


We did that with our previous boat. It was a lot of fun. The
shallow draft was wonderful for exploring and staying in
isolated coves or creeks, one of the benefits that come with
being trailerable.

Fresh Breezes- DOug King

An Olson 30 is the biggest I've seen dry sailed off
a hoist. I've seen bigger boats hauled with a travel
lift and stored on cradles. IDLER an N/M 50 comes
to mind. What do you think that boat weighs? I'm
sure it is a light boat, but it is still a 50 footer!

It must be hard to find a hoist big enough for an Aphrodite.
Most hoists are designed for much less weight--J-24s
Etchells and there abouts.

"DSK" wrote

Bart Senior wrote:
Doug did you see the pictures under "Tricks" where the
owner of an Aphordite 101 installed hooks so he could
use a hoist to launch it?

No I missed that. It's a little big to handle on a dolly, don't you think?
But people dry-sail bigger boats.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King