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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:27:40 -0700, Mark Borgerson
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In article ,
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http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/1122214909.html

At $3000 for a 27' cruiser, if I were considering a long
summer charter, I'd buy the boat instead. Sail her for
6 or 7 weeks in the summer, then donate her to the Sea
Scouts for a tax deduction.

When I was a kid the Des Moines Sea Scouts were rebuilding an A Scow,
a 38 ft 30 MPH day sailer. It was wood and in bad shape but they
hadn't been built in years. Now they are back in production in
plastic. 1850 pounds.

I worked on a scow of about 20' length while in sea scouts in
the early 60's. It was a long-term project that didn't
make it into the water before I went off to college.

I think they were popular home-built projects because they
had no compound curves in the plywood planking. The hull
on the one we got was mostly built---but there was no
hardware, mast, or sails.


Mark Borgerson