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Old 10-05-2019, 08:05   #1096
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sweet, inspirational

and yes, I like the outboard approach for cheap easy to fix propulsion
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Old 10-05-2019, 08:11   #1097
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sweet, inspirational

and yes, I like the outboard approach for cheap easy to fix propulsion
Thanks, but there was still a bit of luck involved with the boat.

It was an estate sale and didn't even have a for sale sign on it. I just happened to see it at a boatyard out in the boonies that at one time was where all the crabbers in that town kept their boats near the crab houses which are gone today. We used to buy our bait crabs there in the 1970's

I had been looking for a Triton 28 based on my research on the Atom Voyages website, and this boat looked similar so I asked about it......

The owner was the son who lived in California. I bought it 2 weeks later and it's been quite an adventure ........
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Old 10-05-2019, 08:15   #1098
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Fortune favors the prepared mind.
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Old 10-05-2019, 08:39   #1099
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where is this boat located please?
Washington state near Seattle about a 40 hour drive From Port Aransas.
if you skip the sleep.
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Old 10-05-2019, 10:18   #1100
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sweet, inspirational

and yes, I like the outboard approach for cheap easy to fix propulsion
Speaking of inspirational check this guy (and Gal) and what he's accomplished on his $1,000 Boat.

https://towndock.net/shippingnews/se...-and-alexandra

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...th-217917.html

and gal on an Ariel 26.

Dinghy Dreams – Road to the Sea
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Old 11-05-2019, 15:54   #1101
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Jeanneau Fanastia 27 $6,000

I've seen this boat used and the engine sounded really good as it passed my slip

https://norfolk.craigslist.org/boa/d...877409389.html
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Old 12-05-2019, 04:46   #1102
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Bristol 29.9 $7,900

https://easternshore.craigslist.org/...878427363.html
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Old 12-05-2019, 04:58   #1103
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Here's one for sale in the CF classified ads:

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...nd-217241.html

1970 Contest 33 for 5K (with a Yanmar engine).

To my eye, it looks like a great deal (though the ad doesn't provide too much information). A quality boat that can be slowly upgraded as you use it.
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Old 12-05-2019, 14:55   #1104
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FREE!

https://newlondon.craigslist.org/boa...885600359.html
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if it were here I would have already sailed her out of the marina .
Engines are a simple fix . Got a line now on an old md17c that runs just has an oil gasket leak . ( quick fix )
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Old 12-05-2019, 15:13   #1106
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That boat will be gone in a day or 2
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Here's a free Ericson 30.

https://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/boa...887638756.html
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Old 13-05-2019, 06:35   #1108
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That boat will be gone in a day or 2
already gone
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Old 13-05-2019, 13:39   #1109
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Free westerly 21

Looks pretty rugged; price is right.
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/boa...885732259.html


Columbia challenger, 24’, $3.5k
I really like the integrated outboard, rugged rudder, bow roller, looks to be a shallower draft- a nice Great Lakes solo/young pair cruiser, ready to go.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/b...884398067.html
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Old 13-05-2019, 15:09   #1110
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Free westerly 21

Looks pretty rugged; price is right.
https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/boa...885732259.html


Columbia challenger, 24’, $3.5k
I really like the integrated outboard, rugged rudder, bow roller, looks to be a shallower draft- a nice Great Lakes solo/young pair cruiser, ready to go.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/b...884398067.html
I can vouch for the Challenger, hulls anyway, I had one. You can break ice bergs. It’ll be a wet ride at times if it’s breezy and choppy. It’s possible, that is there’s room in the lazarette, to cut a notch in the transom to tilt the engine up which is a nice option, though it does scar the transom. Good performer for an old boat, aka classic. With a jib cut as a deck sweeper could be really cool!
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