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Trailer Cruising in a Daysailer?
cavelamb wrote:
What I was thinking of, in fact, was an O'Day 17. But they seem to be somewhat scarce in these parts (san anton). And, truth be told, I'm not as young and spry as I once was(!?#^%). During my net wanderings I came across a cute 18 foot sloop - Capri 18. There are three currently listed for sale (that I found). Two happen to be in Texas. The third is in California. Only one has the trailer for it. Hull number 128 is in Kemah, just outside south Houston. A 1987 fin keel (in 1988 they went to a wing keel?) Capri-18. I think I've lost my mind or something, because I'm driving over tomorrow to take a look. A proper pocket yacht, anyone? Heck, most of the bass boats around here are about 18 feet or so. I wonder what they'll think if I come back with an 18' fin keel bass boat? Well, I've been reading this group for a while now. So I'm going to try to blame it on you guys! (and gals?) Richard My impression is that they are a nice little 'cruiser'. In fact, two years ago at this time, I was struggling trying to decide between a Capri 18 and the Sandpiper 565. I really liked the flat cabin floor of the Capri (no keel box intruding).. but went with the Sandpiper because I felt a crank up keel type boat would be a lot easier to launch & recover at a variety of ramps. Also, since the Sandpiper 565 was produced in Canada up till 1992, I knew there were lots around in the central part of the country. Have you visited this site? http://www.catalina18.net/contact.htm |
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