Hey,

I don't think it's a stupid idea at all. I think it's a great idea - you
have to start somewhere.

I am in a similar situation to you and I just bought a Catalina 25 out here
in L.A..

It's big enough to do multi-day trips to Catalina and sail down to Mexico.
I figured I would start small and inexpensive and work my way up to the
bluewater boat of my dreams.

About the price - check the Yacht World site and check what they are going
for. Sounds like a good price to me.

http://yachtworld.com/boats/index.html.en

- Billy

On 8/13/04 11:04 PM, in article 4YhTc.344$de4.87@trndny07, "curt"
wrote:

Hi all,

I took a few sailing lessons in Miami and really enjoyed it. I have a
friend that has a Catalina 22 for sail and wants $4500 USD for it. It comes
with a trailer and 3 sails and a host of other equipment. Is this an okay
deal?

Here is what I want to do. I want to learn to sail well enough to buy a
blue water boat at some point and do some blue water sailing after a few
years of sailing experience or until I feel I can handle it. Hopefully from
US to Ireland and Scotland. Yes, I know I need to start somewhere, so is my
Catalina idea stupid?

Please take it easy on this newbie. I am wanting to get started on the
right course, but really have no one around that can help me here. I would
be sailing the Catalina in the Sarasota area and maybe Lake Erie to start.

Thanks for any thoughts,
Curt

Hey Curt,

I also have a 1975 Catalina 22 for sale in Tampa. I was asking $4500, but
I'll go down to $4000 obo.

The trailer is only 2 years old, and the outboard is just a year older. It
comes with other goodies too like a mosquito tent for the cockpit, a holding
tank for the head, solar panel, etc.

I've had a lot of fun with her and given her good care. I'm selling because
I already have two other boats on trailers and just got married... say no
more.

You'd at least be welcome to e-mail me and come look at her to compare to
your friend's boat.

John.

Consider checking the trailer to insure it is in good shape, they can hide a
surprising amount of rot. Other than that the 22 is a good starter boat.
Consider putting it in a slip part of the time for no other reason than to
get to know other sailors. I bought a Catalina 25 several years ago and met
a lot of people at the marina. It turned out that I sailed crew on the
bigger boats as often as I sailed my boat and as a consequence gained
experience on those boats. When you finally sell the Catalina you will know
what you want from experience as well as sales pamplets.
Mike

"Billy Hulting" wrote in message
...
Hey,

I don't think it's a stupid idea at all. I think it's a great idea - you
have to start somewhere.

I am in a similar situation to you and I just bought a Catalina 25 out
here
in L.A..

It's big enough to do multi-day trips to Catalina and sail down to Mexico.
I figured I would start small and inexpensive and work my way up to the
bluewater boat of my dreams.

About the price - check the Yacht World site and check what they are going
for. Sounds like a good price to me.

http://yachtworld.com/boats/index.html.en

- Billy

On 8/13/04 11:04 PM, in article 4YhTc.344$de4.87@trndny07, "curt"
wrote:

Hi all,

I took a few sailing lessons in Miami and really enjoyed it. I have a
friend that has a Catalina 22 for sail and wants $4500 USD for it. It
comes
with a trailer and 3 sails and a host of other equipment. Is this an
okay
deal?

Here is what I want to do. I want to learn to sail well enough to buy a
blue water boat at some point and do some blue water sailing after a few
years of sailing experience or until I feel I can handle it. Hopefully
from
US to Ireland and Scotland. Yes, I know I need to start somewhere, so is
my
Catalina idea stupid?

Please take it easy on this newbie. I am wanting to get started on the
right course, but really have no one around that can help me here. I
would
be sailing the Catalina in the Sarasota area and maybe Lake Erie to
start.

Thanks for any thoughts,
Curt