On Saturday, March 29, 2014 6:58:55 PM UTC-7, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:07:50 -0700 (PDT), Tim

wrote:



On Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:44:35 PM UTC-7, wrote:

On Wednesday, July 24, 1996 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, hargehl wrote:



A worsening physical disability will soon require me to reluctantly



give up my 1972 Bristol 26. In the past three years I have: rigged new



sails, installed roller reefing with 120% genoa, sandblasted and



plasticized the bottom, painted all. Installed new 9.9 Yamaha electric



start outboard in well, install permanent 11.5 gas tank, fitted new



delran bearings in rudder shaft. Also, Standard depth finder, compass,



knotmeter. Can anyone suggest what a reasonable and fair asking



price for this boat would be?







Id say around 7000$ plus or minus, more likely plus thought



i don't know much of anything about sailboats, but for a 26 ft'r the cabins seem generously portioned...



http://rockportboatclub.org/site/wp-...bristol26b.jpg



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In August of 1972 my wife and I chartered a Bristol 25 for two weeks.

It was our first cruising experience on Long Island Sound and Block

Island. It was a pretty small boat and didn't sail very well but we

had a great time. A year or two later we bought a Westerly 28 which

was another small boat but it was like the Queen Mary compared to the

Bristol. We did a lot of sailing on the Westerly and once got as far

as eastern Maine with it - big adventure for us at the time. We

actually did sell that boat for more than we paid, considerably more,

but that was a time of very high inflation and we had repowered it

with a new Volvo diesel.

From a 25 to a 28'

What made the big difference in their performance, Wayne?