Bob,
I'm caught in a philosophical dilemma. I can't decide which is more
important to me, a large, comfortable, sea-worthy sailing vessel, or a
flexible, beachable craft that can go in all the quiet coves and shallow
back bays. There's my problem: do I want to duck around the back bays? or
head out for Nantucket or Cape Cod?

I can't see me attempting Nantucket from Philadelphia in a Mac 26, but maybe
I'm wrong. On the other hand, there's a lot of the bay less than 3 feet
deep. Why wasn't I born rich so I could have both?

I haven't ruled out either vision, and need to do more boat-yard searching
and soul-searching. I would like to stay under $50K, but for the right boat
would go 20-30% higher.

I'm taking Friday off to search boat yards, probably in the Chesapeake area.

Scotty - any Chesapeake boatyard recommendations to look at "for sale" boats
in the 30-40 ft range?

TIA!
Scout



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

How about a water ballasted Catalina 25? It's not the best sailing
boat, but it's just fine and I can make you a great deal on this 100%
like example with trailer....


http://boatmax.com/photos/12201_1.JPG


She's so untouched...never even had holes for instruments added! Asking
19K with a 4 stroke honda (less than 15 hours!), but I can do a LOT
better on price.
Anyway...it's something to consider.
And what about those tough little Seward boats? Neat looking and well
built.


RB
35s5
NY