Congratulations, that's a "proper yacht"!

Here's the sales brochu
http://www.sabreyachts.com/pdf/S30-Series-2.pdf



Capt. JG wrote:
I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat. She's a Sabre 30, Mark
II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems, she's in great shape.
I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple of weeks, but
there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty easy.

Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and then me single-handing
to her new home in Richmond, CA.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/

The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)

Thanks... already got the brochure. :-)

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"Jeff" wrote in message
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Congratulations, that's a "proper yacht"!

Here's the sales brochu
http://www.sabreyachts.com/pdf/S30-Series-2.pdf



Capt. JG wrote:
I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat. She's a Sabre 30,
Mark II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems, she's in great
shape. I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple of weeks,
but there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty easy.

Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and then me
single-handing to her new home in Richmond, CA.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/

The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)

Looks old, tired and down on her LWL. Did you have a moisture check done
on the hull? Hope you put some money aside for getting her up to par.

Paladin


"Capt. JG" wrote in message ...
|I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat. She's a Sabre 30, Mark
| II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems, she's in great shape.
| I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple of weeks, but
| there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty easy.
|
| Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and then me single-handing
| to her new home in Richmond, CA.
|
| http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
| http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/
|
| The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)
|
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|
|
|

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But still angry.


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Darn it. Mooron will be disappointed.




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"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
..

Wow..... nice boat Jon, not gay at all :0)

Joe







Capt. JG wrote:
I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat.
She's a Sabre 30,
Mark
II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems,
she's in great shape.
I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple
of weeks, but
there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty
easy.

Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and
then me
single-handing
to her new home in Richmond, CA.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/

The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)

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Tis not for me to judge others but only observe.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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But still angry.


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Darn it. Mooron will be disappointed.




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"Joe" wrote in message

oups.com..
.

Wow..... nice boat Jon, not gay at all :0)

Joe







Capt. JG wrote:
I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat.
She's a Sabre 30,
Mark
II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems,
she's in great shape.
I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple
of weeks, but
there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty
easy.

Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and
then me
single-handing
to her new home in Richmond, CA.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/

The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)

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You have to understand that when one is stupid or drunk, one can see things
others don't.

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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:07:21 -0400, "Paladin" noneofyourbusiness.www
wrote:



Looks old, tired and down on her LWL.

The pictures of the boat in the water show the bootstripe is clearly out
of the
water, and level along it's length. Where do you see something different?

CWM

A very nice boat.

Congratulations!

Tremendous sized cockpit too!

Glory!

"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ...
| On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:07:21 -0400, "Paladin" noneofyourbusiness.www wrote:
|
|
|
| Looks old, tired and down on her LWL.
|
| The pictures of the boat in the water show the bootstripe is clearly out of the
| water, and level along it's length. Where do you see something different?
|
| CWM

The photos of the boat hanging in the travel lift clearly show the LWL has been
raised about six inches above designed LWL. Just look how far above the turn of the
bilge the damned boot stripe is. Any old dropout from Westlawn can see it. This isn't
rocket surgery, ya know...

Paladin

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:29:25 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat. She's a Sabre 30,

Nice looking vessel, Jon. Congrats.

Here's a synopsis of Excalibur's maiden voyage from the yard in SF to her
new home...

The maiden voyage was interesting... single-handed her from SF South Beach
Harbor to Richmond. Engine started fine at the dock, so I raised sails and
headed up toward the Bay Bridge. Near the bridge, the wind died, so I go to
start the engine... nada... not even cranking, nothing. After some
preliminary checks, like do I have juice, fuel, I called the yard where she
had some engine work done (tune up, oil change, and the like). Oh, it's not
our fault, maybe you're out of gas (no), maybe you don't have her in neutral
(no neutral safety switch on this boat - something to think about adding).
Come back, and we'll look into it... of course, it's a good hour or so in
such light winds, and guess what they close in 1/2 hour.

Frustrated, I called the former owner, who couldn't think of any reason this
would happen. Never happened to him in 10 years. Must be a disconnected
wire, but he's busy at work, and the manual is in my car (note for later,
put manual on boat). Called the yard back... they said, oh, maybe we forgot
to tighten the wire to the starter solenoid. Unfortunately, I have no idea
where this wire is. Fortunately, not much vessel traffic where I'm floating,
so I heave-to to a starboard tack (give myself at least some status), open
up the engine compartment, and I go upside down inside the engine, one hand
on a cell phone dying battery, flashlight in my mouth, trying to listen/talk
to the yard so their "mechanic" can direct me, the other hand trying to
reach the stupid wire. Finally, found it, tightened it, and then she started
no problem. Oh yeah, and they didn't reconnect the low-oil and temp alarms
either.

Got past the bridge, the wind picked up, so killed the engine and started
sailing again. Got about 20 kts steady wind the rest of the way, mostly port
tack. Finally had to jibe to avoid a tug/barge coming out of the Richmond
area, and the rest was easy, even did a passable job flaking the main before
I got to the dock.

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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I finally concluded the purchase of a new, used boat. She's a Sabre 30,
Mark II, built in 1983. Except for a few minor problems, she's in great
shape. I'll probably be putting a furler on in the next couple of weeks,
but there's no huge rush as the current setup is pretty easy.

Here are a couple of picture links... on the hard and then me
single-handing to her new home in Richmond, CA.

http://sailnow.photosite.com/excalibur/
http://sailnow.photosite.com/Excalibur_maiden_voyage/

The cockpit is nice... 7'2" :-)

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