Jere Lull wrote:

In article . com,
"Mike" wrote:

Gordon wrote:
Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch?
Thanks
Gordon

What year?

Jack Horner has a review of the Irwin 37
http://www.boatus.com/jackhornor/sail/Irwin37.htm
Mike


That may be the most negative review I've seen Jack Horner write.

I am prejudiced against Irwin (without having any real experience with them
at all) because in the mid 70s, CSY contracted with Irwin to build boats
for them. They build the first two or three CSYs. They did such a bad job
and cut so many corners that CSY bought them out of the contract.

There are Irwins which are about 40 feet that look almost exactly like CSY
44s (center cockpit) and it is only when you look at them hard that you
can see the difference. The CSY was a boat designed for living aboard in
the Caribbean, so they have a lot of good storage, and I presume the CSY
type Irwins are about the same.

CSY didn't have a lot of ketches - only the pilothouses and two of the
walk-throughs. The pilothouses are not really center cockpit.



grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
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