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Ericson 27/28 Opinions?
druid wrote:
Hi, As I said a while ago, I'm downsizing and looking for a boat under $20K CDN - hopefully under $10K purchase price so I'll have some bux to fix it up. I was looking at the Catalina 27, mainly because it's by far the the most common 27-footer around here, but... A poster on BCBoatnet (http://www.bcboatnet.org) suggested an Ericson, and I did a little looking. All of them are in the US, most East-coast (or at least not West Coast ), but some can be had for around $10K, and they look pretty good. I know the Ericson is better-built than the Catalina, and the poster says they're faster too (not sure about that...). So: opinions? stories? experiences? Noted a coincidence: I just looked at the thread here about the boat in the surf, and it sure looks like an Ericson 27/28! And I was impressed by it staying afloat and returning upright after the rollover. Tough boat! Oh: also, any idea how much it would cost to truck a 27ft sailboat from California to BC? druid I looked at quite a few Ericson 27s and some 29's of 1970's/80's vintage when I was last in the market for a boat. I think they are well constructed boats generally, but for some reason they seemed to have more issues with deck delamination than some of the other brands I looked at. Obviously mine was not a massive sample size but, as I recall, it was nearly every one I looked at. Of course any boat that age can have problems such as these and needs a thorough going over. If you can find one in good shape then I think it would be a fine boat--definitely a better "fit and finish" than the Catalina. (I say that as a reasonably satisfied owner of a Catalina 30.) As for Catalina 27s: There are lots of them available here in So. California, easily for under $10K. In fact, for $10K I'd expect one to be in outstanding shape and well equipped. But the shipping costs in your case would turn it into not such a great deal, IMO. Regards, Alan Gomes |
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