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18-03-2009, 16:48
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| Registered User   Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium
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Rick, the ads listed above all mention boats within budget... Target offering price around 25.000 to 30.000 Euro, keeping some money aside for repairs/refit/enhancements etc... The mentioned Sea cat would need to be in excellent condition to be a possible candidate. (asking 40k) I also tried to reach a few Gemini owners having theirs for sale within my budget but no reply yet... I know I will need to be patient and lucky ... 
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18-03-2009, 16:54
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What would make this challenging is the boats have to be in Belgium. Did you ever follow up on the German Catalac I mentioned earlier?
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18-03-2009, 17:16
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 The boat could be anywhere... Far away is off course not so easy to visit and make the purchase arrangements (and travel could be expensive as well). Since we plan on extensive cruising anyway, where the boat is could be our starting point... (actually on our options list we have a boat in Canada, expecting some feedback from the seller though...) We should be able to sail it to Belgium at some point in time  Quote:
(but I do check regularly, this one is still for sale... another one off our list which was lying in Greece is apparently just sold, asking was 25.000 Euro) I have to coordinate between the agenda of my wife and mine, not always so easy and I insist she comes with me when we go 'boatseeing' ...
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19-03-2009, 07:04
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Boat: Prout, Quasar, 50' - Sea Wolf
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Djeeke, Bill and I saw a heavenly twins when we were first looking and we liked the boat. That was a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, it sailed well on Long Island Sound. Again, the problem was headroom. I think the headroom in the saloon was about 5 feet... maybe a little less. I'm 5ft 2 inches and I had to scrunch down. A friend of ours had a catalac on the Hudson River and he loved it. The Hudson has finecky winds so coming about was the norm. Said it sailed well, but we were never on it, so I can't give you anything first hand. I will tell you that Tom Lac sailed a Catalac to the Chesapeake from the UK in '84 (I think) for the first multihull symposium in Annapolis Maryland. He said it handled well. Of course, he was the builder so you'd expect him to say it was a good boat, but others have said the same, so there must be something to it. Loree Aboard SeaWolf CruisersLife.com |
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27-03-2009, 16:11
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|  37 ft Rudy Choy Catamaran
This one is on the high side of our budget but feasible... 1976 CSK Rudy Choy Catamaran sailboat for sale in California Can anybody comment on this 37 ft cat ???
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27-03-2009, 17:13
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| 37 ft Polycon catamaran 37' Polycon Catamaran (Sail) Running into 37 ft boats today, within budget this one but the 'needs TLC' could bring it above... Anyway, again, can anybody comment on this 37 ft cat ???
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28-03-2009, 08:40
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28-03-2009, 09:24
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We know it's not on our continent but when I say we want to go cruising extended periods, we are OK with crossing to another continent... This would just move our starting point to the other continent... (or our maiden trip with the boat would be an ocean crossing) But you are right, being over on another continent complicates the travel to visit to buy the boat and getting the boat ready to go... We are motivated so the distance should not stop us from finding boat... (obviously we need to pretty sure when we schedule travel to see the boat because otherwise we would end up having seen a few boats and killed our budget...)
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27-03-2009, 18:16
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The guy in that picture looks like he's been strapped into a rollercoaster ride. I know it's the tiller, but it looks odd. All I know about these designs are that they use narrow hulls, which means fast if lightly loaded, but probably not the most buoyant of craft. They're old designs. I hope someone who's been on one can comment. |
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27-03-2009, 21:53
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Boat: 880 waller catamaran
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|  Small live aboard cat To give you an Ideal of what you can do in a small cat, this is the link to my web page for the cat we built. Its 8.8 meters, (29') All power is provider by solar, the galley is modest, but fictional, includes a 12v fridge. The head has the room for a shower, but I have not installed pressure water yet but the solar water tank works just fine, warm showers available in the afternoon. Being in San Diego heating is not a big problem.  |
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28-03-2009, 08:48
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The Polycon is a production version of Buddy Ebsens (Jed Clampert from the beverly hillbillies) 35ft plywood Rudy Choy designed "Polynesian Concept" with which he won the 1968 multihull Transpac race.It is a symetrical hull cat with daggerboards,they are slim hulls designed to perform as opposed to the fat load carrying hulls of most of the smaller British cats mentioned so far.That said,if you were to load it with the same weight of stuff as you would in the smaller cats youve been looking at it should handle that with less performance loss,if you load even more stuff because you have more space then you will kill its performance,as with all multihulls you need to practice restraint.I have raced against a polycon years ago and it was not great around the cans but in a 360 mile race he beat us by a few minutes over the line,i was on an F27 tri. I think those boats are pretty good value for a bridgedeck cat these days,oh,and they actually have reasonable bridgedeck clearance unlike many smaller cats. Steve. |
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28-03-2009, 16:58
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re: the polycon: I'd want to be VERY sure of the solidity of that seat, there's only one way to go if it breaks!
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28-03-2009, 17:13
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I would trash the seat, it seems completely useless unless you're motoring... How the hell would he handle the sailtrim from that 'rollercoaster seat'  Anyway, I will try to contact the guy and get more info on the boat to try and define what he describes as TLC ...
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09-04-2009, 13:02
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A boat loses it's anchor and is beached. The owner tries to give the boat away. Retracts that offer and now is breaking the boat apart. I wonder what this was really about? Is this about boat removal costs? Boat repair costs? Fines and fees from the local government? Being sued by a property owner? I'm afraid we will never know the truth on this one. |
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