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Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch
Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch?
Thanks Gordon |
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Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon Not on the 42, but a neighbor has a 53 that is built like a brick s#$%house. And sails well too (it is a keel/centerboard). The 53 is a nice boat... bob |
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Gordon wrote: Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon Jack Horner has a review of the Irwin 37 http://www.boatus.com/jackhornor/sail/Irwin37.htm Mike |
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Gordon wrote:
Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon I don't know specifically about the 42, but I borrowed a 30 for a summer some years back and it was the worst built boat I had ever sailed, bar none. We would joke about which part of it was going to fall off next, and it was only 8 years old. I had another friend with a larger Irwin (a 37 maybe?) and he went through similar problems, though not quite as bad. Normally I don't bad-mouth other boats, but I'm willing to make an exception for Irwins. |
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Hi Gordon,
Gordon wrote: Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon Opinions are going to vary on any brand of boat you name including Irwin. There are people who own them and swear by them, and others that swear at them ;-) My wife and I own a 1986 model Irwin Citation 38, and it appears to me to be reasonably well built. Not perfect, but reasonable. If not, I wouldn't have bought it. Don W. |
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Gordon wrote:
Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon Irwins are one of those boats you swear on or swear at. I've always found them cheap beyond belief, but others who seem to know their stuff say they are well built. Beats me. |
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:40:14 -0600, Paul Cassel
wrote: Irwins are one of those boats you swear on or swear at. I've always found them cheap beyond belief, but others who seem to know their stuff say they are well built. Beats me. A friend of mine owned a big Irwin 53 ketch back in the mid 90s. His rudder broke while sailing north in the Gulf Stream one year, and they had to be towed 200 miles into Norfolk, VA by the coast guard. Other than that it seemed like a fairly solid boat. |
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Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch
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"Mike" wrote: Gordon wrote: Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon 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. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch
On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:51:15 -0700, "Gordon"
wrote: Any yeas, nays, comments on an Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch? Thanks Gordon Having had an Irwin 37 CC and knowing a lot of other Irwin owners, I can tell you that your question is a hard one to answer without looking at that specific boat. The overall build quality of Irwins varies greatly, more than most other boat brands. That's because they didn't have very consistent (more like non-existent) quality control (someone specificially designated to oversee the builders and make sure they're being put together right) but they sometimes had good people building them and sometimes not. So you might get a great boat and you might get a dud. Fortunately I had one of the great ones. It was very solidly built and after 25 years of some pretty hard sailing had no major problems ... far less than many other 25 year old boats I've seen even from some boutique brands. No sense telling you about the specific characteristics of the 37 since the 42 is a different boat. So my recommendation is to get it surveyed by a good suveyor and if it comes out fairly clean (almost no older boat will come out perfect) go for it. You'll be getting a lot of boat for the money. Irwins are known for being good values, if you get a good one. Kind of like the Chevy Bel Aire of sailboats. Steve |
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Irwin 42 center cockpit ketch
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 http://home.mindspring.com/~gmbeasley/id1.html |
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