olddawgsrule
Seaman
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- Jun 30, 2014
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I've been debating for some time now to switch over from power to sail.
Two weekends back I had my Nephew put my wife on his J24 and told him to go easy.
She loved how quite it was and how it moved along.
While she was smilin', he kicked it up a bit and a great big smile came on her face!
Me thinks she gets it.
So I'm shopping for a decent 18-22ft and find anything over 18' seems to jump right into a 'Pocket Cruiser'..
Her only complaint was size of cockpit.
Like the way she thinks, cause I'm the same way.
Don't need a cabin if we're not going to use it..
In my searching I stumbled upon this Sailstar Explorer 17.
Hits all the points of what we're after and it's in very good shape.
She's 55 years old!!
Okay so wife and I are a bit older, but still..
I'm about to go look at her.
If it's like what the pictures show, she's been well taken care of (she shimmer's in the sunlight).
$1250 is asking.. Not figuring he's off for what I know now..
Questions:
Anyone here own one?
If the sails are original.. What to expect of material?
I know how to look for defects in fiberglass.. but just how good was the lay-up 50 years ago?
What else should I be looking for?
All opinions are welcome.
Two weekends back I had my Nephew put my wife on his J24 and told him to go easy.
She loved how quite it was and how it moved along.
While she was smilin', he kicked it up a bit and a great big smile came on her face!
Me thinks she gets it.
So I'm shopping for a decent 18-22ft and find anything over 18' seems to jump right into a 'Pocket Cruiser'..
Her only complaint was size of cockpit.
Like the way she thinks, cause I'm the same way.
Don't need a cabin if we're not going to use it..
In my searching I stumbled upon this Sailstar Explorer 17.
Hits all the points of what we're after and it's in very good shape.
She's 55 years old!!
Okay so wife and I are a bit older, but still..
I'm about to go look at her.
If it's like what the pictures show, she's been well taken care of (she shimmer's in the sunlight).
$1250 is asking.. Not figuring he's off for what I know now..
Questions:
Anyone here own one?
If the sails are original.. What to expect of material?
I know how to look for defects in fiberglass.. but just how good was the lay-up 50 years ago?
What else should I be looking for?
All opinions are welcome.