Longest voyage in C28

[feebz]

Hi every one
was just wondering what the longest voyages for our
members have been in their C28

when i say voyage, it could mean longest stint at sea under sail as
well as longest fianal destanation say port to port & island hopping
to get there or both

Strongest winds and highest seas encountered

[feebz]

Hi
saddly i have not ventured far in mine, only local stuff around
Lake mac, i have been belted by 40knotts plus & she sailed really
fine, i was onboard her to when the sailing club registed i think it
was 61knots in a scud, even though i was on the mooring at the time, i
was'nt getting tost around like some of the other boats that i could
just see through the horizontal rain, well it did'nt feel like it
anyway, i new it was comming so i thought i'd scrub the deck as i do
when it rains, but when it hit, i thought oh s.... the scrubbing can
wait and went down below were i felt really safe


Shane

[Maeling]

A friend, has a friend who did a circumnavigation and was lining up
for a second. By my view gutsy in a C28 where you don't have a lot
of space for water and food. There is a book about Lotus' (D29)
Perth, Durban, Perth via Cocus outbound, you might Google on.

Geoff Raebel

[hotdogdave]

Do you know where this book is, physically, or online? I 've had a
hunt around but can't find any reference.
Have any Compasses turned up overseas?
I haven't been far in the D29 but did a trip in my previous folkboat
from Jervis Bay to Fraser Island. She handled it well, lacked storage
room though and after that trip I insisted my next boat had headroom
and an inboard motor...

[Marvin E McDougal]

I have a Compass here in Northern California. Mine was built in NZ in 78. I have been referring to it as a C29 but I believe that is wrong, I think it is a C28. It is in excellent condition and sails well. Some prior owner changed the motor to a '94 3cyl Volvo Diesel. I would like to locate the folks who sail her here from your part of the world but so far have been unsuccessful. There was another Compass for sale in Alaska. If its still on the market I may take a look later this summer when I am up there.

Marvin

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[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Hi Marvin,

I think that if you want to find her early owners you should include
Australia in your search.

There never was a Compass factory in NZ - it was in Kogarah NSW,
Australia.

Don Lees - the builder - was (still is!) a New Zealander but built the
compasses in Australia.

It COULD have been "kit form" but highly unlikely - too many great
boats in NZ for someone to take a kit from Australia to build up in
NZ.

I have heard rumours that the initial design was New Zealand but was
not at that stage a Compass. Don & his business partner redesigned and
then built that design. That is hearsay on my part though.

If you can post a pic of your yacht we'll be bale to indentify it as a
C28 or C29 - or somethng else - instantly. Someone may even recognise
it.

My Compass 29 is slipped this weekend in Kogarah Bay about 100 meters
from the old factory & I could show the pic to the owner of the
slipway. He (Dave Mackay) has an excellent chance of knowing it. Geoff
Raebel is excellent in this area too. Actually, we could even show it
to Don Lees who built them. He may know.

Colin

[Marvin E McDougal]

Here is a link to pictures of the Symphony: https://picasaweb.google.com/memcom/CompassSloopTheSymphony . There is a Plate on the Stern that says Compass Yachts-Auckland NZ. Let me know if you can access the web album. Marvin

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[MrSeaDragon]

Hi Colin,

 

Every time I forget the site link and google it, I get several entries from Compass Yachts NZ. Here is an extract from one (hope it pastes correctly):

 

Compass Yachts Ltd. (Australia/NZ)

Actually there were 2Compass Yachts. One in New Zealand had an association with Compass Yachts Australia. Many of the boats were named after points on the compass. The Australian operation produced the Northerly, Westerly and Southerly; the Kiwi operation, the Easterly. John Maurice and Lisle Hewitt owned the New Zealand company and built the 7m Southerly here, too – the first GRP keelboat produced in New Zealand. The EASTERLY 30 was also produced in both yards around 30 boats here and 50 in Australia.

Of course, you can't believe everything you read on the internet . . . .

 

Kind regards,

Greg.

[Marvin E McDougal]

See this link: http://www.boats4sale.co.nz/images/Easterly%27s/Boating2ndhand%20news%20A4x2.pdf . Could my boat be an Easterly? It looks like the one in the picture. Marvin

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[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Marvin,

That is not a Compass 29. The windows are Compass 28 but the layout,
rudder, transom & companionway are not C28 either.

I think that others, especially Geoff will be able to help more.

Greg - thanks for the comments. This could be an interesting ride!

Colin

[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

She is in beautiful condition Marvin.

A real credit to you!

Colin :-)

[Marvin E McDougal]

Any comments would be appreciated. Here they seem to refer to it as a Herreschoff 28, But the title says Compass and the plate says compass so I think the folks calling it a Herreschoff are referring to the design, not the maker. Marvin

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[Marvin E McDougal]

Looking at this website, it looks to me like my boat is probably a Compass Yachts H28.  What do you think? Tks, Marvin

[Marvin E McDougal]

Sorry, the website is: http://h28.org.nz/index.php/about-the-h28/compass-yachts.html

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Marvin E McDougal <mem...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Tardis29]

That book is called "Lotus II. An Indian Ocean Adventure" and was written by Nigel Ridgway, who is a regular writer for Cruising Helmsman. I think it's out of print now so your best bet would be to call some 2nd hand bookshops or search online for

"nigel ridgway lotus ii"

Regards,
Paul

[hotdogdave]

thanks Paul

I had a good search and didn't come up with anything. I'm surprised in
our digital age all these out of print books aren't available in
electronic form.

If anyone has a copy I'd love to read it. I'm in the Sydney are so
could pick it up or happy to pay for postage if further afield.

regard David
Lea Rig (D29)

> >>> Lake mac, i have been belted by 40knotts plus&  she sailed really

[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Who don't you ask Cruising Helmsman to pass a message to Nigel
Ridgeway? I have no doubt that he'll have a stack in his garage and
will welcome your contact!

Your local libray may be able to source a copy for you too.


Colin

[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Marvin,

This is a bit like finding the "Missing Link"! Interesting material!

Gunter was Don Lee's partner way back then - the Kiwi link is proven!

Geoff is the one to comment on the exact model I think.

Geoff - help!

Colin

[Marvin E McDougal]

Hi all, I found a Group in Auckland Nz called the H28 Yacht Owners' Association New Zealand, http://h28.org.nz. After viewing my pix they are certain the Symphony was built there by Compass and is an H28. Marvin

Colin

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[Jon Douglas Haynes]

This is a H 28  a bulked up version of the original timber boat in either a Ketch or Sloop Rig..........They were being built around Gosford NSW up untill about 10 or so years ago in a kit or as a finnished boat......A reasonable number were sold..........The only relation to the C28 is the Duncanson 29  there is also some history there with the N28 .
The Compass name is not unique to our c28 and c29s in the world of Boatbuilding
 

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[Maeling]

I have misfiled Marvin's pic of Symphony and asked for a copy. It was
pretty grainy but under full sail I am sure she was a C29. In my view
she was probably one of the pair that went to NZ in the short handed
race in the mid 70's. There was a Compass NZ related to Don Lees and
they swapped moulds C23 from OZ C38 from NZ C750 from NZ

There have been 2 C28 circumnavigations that I know of. We have 1 C28
registered at Horta in the Azores and a C29 in UK as well as
Marvin's. David, can't spot ridgeway in the Perth whitepages

Geoff Raebel

On Apr 30, 3:46 pm, "Jon Douglas Haynes"

<jondouglashay...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is a H 28  a bulked up version of the original timber boat in either a Ketch or Sloop Rig..........They were being built around Gosford NSW up untill about 10 or so years ago in a kit or as a finnished boat......A reasonable number were sold..........The only relation to the C28 is the Duncanson 29  there is also some history there with the N28 .
> The Compass name is not unique to our c28 and c29s in the world of Boatbuilding
>

> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:26:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: Longest voyage in C28
> From: mem...@gmail.com
> To: compass-y...@googlegroups.com
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> Here is a link to pictures of the Symphony:https://picasaweb.google.com/memcom/CompassSloopTheSymphony. There is a Plate on the Stern that says Compass Yachts-Auckland NZ. Let me know if you can access the web album. Marvin

> For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/compass-yacht-group?hl=en-GB?hl=en-GB

[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Geoff - look at the windows. They are classic C28 - not C29

But the layout, rudder, transom & companionway are not C28.

The thoughts about the Compass NZ factory are interesting. I suspect
that it WAS built in NZ and as such it may be "something else" from an
Aussie standpoint.


Colin :-)

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[Marvin E McDougal]

Hi Colin, Geoff, take a look at this website: http://h28.org.nz/ . Check out the H28 Brochure. Marvin

[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

I reckon she's an H28 from the pics. Would be good to see a better
stern shot of Symphony.

And the badge "Compass Yachts NZ" does rather suggest it too.

Colin :-)




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[Damien]

It is a compass H28, as a New Zealander I can tell you H28's are VERY
common. Great boat, similar to the C28/C29's but not the same boat.
They were built for many years and as such there are many different
layouts on the market. Compass built all of the glass boats but there
and a number of early wood boats. its the wood ones that vary the most
as the are older, have had more owners and were easier to change
things. The wood ones often come as ketch or cutter rigged, the glass
versions are fairly standard sloops designs.

Yes the windows look similar to the C29, and under sail from a
distance the look similar but the H28 has a transom hung rudder with a
true full keel where as the C28/C29's have a keel hung rudder with a
3/4 keel. I have read about H28's doing south pacific solo voyages and
they have sailed from one end to the other of New Zealand (which has
some of the worst sea conditions on the planet at times).

On May 7, 9:55 am, Colin from Moonlight Lady <ad...@bestofshow.com>

[Maeling]

Sorry I had been away and not spotted the recent posts after seeing
Marvin's pics, of course it is a H28 sloop. In Oz we have both sloop
and ketch from 2 different manufacturers. Very nice boat.

I vote we consider Marvin a true Compass member and hope he stays with
us

Regards

Geoff Raebel

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[spikec28]

Although, I'm guessing, not a member of this group, I am currently
reading Kay Cottee's book 'First Lady' and before the solo
circumnavigation, she does the 1986 two handed trans-Tasman race to NZ
(New Plymouth) and the solo return to Mooloolaba in her Cavalier 37
yacht, First Lady.

She mentions that amongst others (all bigger) a Compass 28 competed in
the race. Apparently it was a pretty rough crossing both ways for all
involved. Not the longest trip but a solid voyage none the less and
done largely before the sophisticated navigation equipment available
today.

Regards,
Dave.

[Marvin E McDougal]

Hi all, I am really enjoying all the posts on this group. Hope you all don't through me out because the Symphony is a Kiwi!! I am a pretty novice sailor and I am getting some good ideas from all of your posts. Marvin

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[Colin from Moonlight Lady]

Nah - we love to have you Marvin!

There are a few Kiwi's on this blog. I'm a Kiwi and I know there are
others. Don Lees who made the Compasses in Australia is an expat Kiwi
too.

The spirit of ANZUS is strong!

It's great to know Symphony got so far!

Colin :-)