"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:20:05 -0500, Vic Smith
said:

It would be quite helpful to
sailing novices like me.

Those of us who have owned boats for 30-40 years recognize that anything
you
hear from BS should be taken cum granulo salis.


Do you mean cum grano salis?

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BS should be taken cum granulo salis.




Oh my. Flubbed again!
FYI, Dave owns a very low end boat. In fact the company that built his
boat made some very good ones until his hit the market. Several major
US dealers would not carry the poor thing and that's a FACT. It's one
of those boats that looks as though someone pumped it full of
air...sort of like Dave himself!
If owned a CS 27 I'd keep it on a mooring too...the one furthest out
in fact!
How is it that a fellow like Dave owns a boat worth so little? I'm 44
and I own a 65K boat. When I'm as old as Dave IF I own something small
it will be a vessel with lines...such as a Alerion 28 for example.


RB
35s5
NY

"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:21:16 -0000, "Capt. Rob" said:

FYI, Dave owns a very low end boat. In fact the company that built his
boat made some very good ones until his hit the market.

And as usual, BS displays his total ignorance.

The CS27 was the first of the CS line, designed by Ray Wall of Camper and
Nicholson. It's the smallest boat designed by that firm. In 1977, Wall
became CS's chief designer. His successful 27 was followed by the CS36
(1978) and CS33.

Of course anyone who has checked the price range of these boats knows that
if you can find one in the US it invariably goes for well above the prices
of low end mass produced boats like the Catalina. Prices currently on
YachtWorld range from $14,000 (Martin van Breen's painted 1978 that I've
seen and that's been in use as a sailing school and charter boat) to
$30,000
(a 1980 boat in the UK).


I generally liked the CS boats I looked at. None of them unfortunately were
in the sweet spot for me as far as price and upkeep went. I didn't mind
paying for a good quality boat; I did mind fixing what someone else hashed
up or didn't do that should have been done.

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