J/92 Ragtime! is for sale.

[Ragtime!]

Update 8/29/18:  Ragtime! is SOLD.  See comments later in the thread.

Hard to believe after 15+ years, but there it is.

Link to Google Photos

[Todd Aven]

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On Aug 16, 2018, at 4:28 AM, 'Ragtime!' via J/92 Owners <j92o...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hard to believe after 15+ years, but there it is.  I'm still working on the inventory - there is some detail in the photo captions:

Link to Google Photos

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[George Cushing]

What’s next?

[Massimo Polo]

The mithycal Ragtime! For sale sounds almost unbelievable...by the way it looks immaculate! A beauty.

[Rich Bennett]

Hi Bob,   Sorry to hear you are selling Ragtime. It's pristine. I was looking at the pictures and noticed the white plastic "chafe protectors/self jib skirting" devices you have on the forward stations. Did you purchase them? Is so from whom? If you fabricated them yourself can you describe the process?

Rich

[Ragtime!]

Rich, those are a singlehander's thing but I don't know why crewed boats don't have them, to avoid sending someone down to the low side to skirt the genoa.  They work perfectly - much better than rollers.

We make them out of 1/4" StarBoard.  The tricks are to make the top radius tighter than the bottom, position them at the very tip of the stanchions, and buy your genoas with a bit higher clew (they don't work with deck-sweepers).  I lash them on tight with waxed sailmakers' twine and then tape them over.

Even our lady skippers call them "skirt-lifters."  Not patented so knock yourself out.

As to selling Ragtime! I'm certifiably nuts.  I've been working on the inventory list all day - man I've put a lot into that boat over the years!

[Bill Coffman]

Great looking boat wish we were ready to buy a 92 this summer.  What will you be asking for your 92?

[ejco...@gmail.com]

Bob. Can you let me know what you are asking for boat and trailer? Thanks Evan

[Rob Ferguson]

[Rob Ferguson]

Will miss having you as a J/92 owner.  As a new J/92 owner you helped me greatly in many ways. Thank you for all of your expertise and willingness to help and share. 

 

[Bill Coffman]

Congratulations hope all works out ...

[Ragtime!]

I bought Ragtime! in 2002 by joining the predecessor to this forum, waiting patiently and then pouncing when a good boat came up for sale.  Hull #18, then named Acrobat, was in MA.  After seeing many photos and exchanging a few e-mails with the owner, I had the boat surveyed back there and then shipped out to CA "sight-unseen."

She was sold exactly the same way, to a buyer who joined this forum about two years ago, waited patiently, etc.  I will let the buyer introduce herself if she wants to.

I'm not going anywhere and will continue to check in here.  I have many photos of projects I've done to Rags (some that worked and some that didn't), and I want to continue to support all of you.

So... With what boat could one possibly replace a beloved J/92?  The next boat is an Alerion Express 38 - not the upscale daysailer with the huge cockpit, wheel etc.-  but one of only eight built to Carl Schumacher's original design.  She's dark blue like Rags, absolutely gorgeous, and I think she'll be a worthy successor to a wonderful J/92 that made me look like a much better sailor than I really am.

[Bill Coffman]

Congrats, glad it worked out for you.  My wife and I are in the same position you were when you bought your J 92.  Currently sail a J 27 and love it! Just want a little more space but performance similar to our 27...

So... With what boat could one possibly replace a beloved J/92?  The next boat is an Alerion Express 38 - not the upscale daysailer with the huge cockpit, wheel etc.-  but one of only eight built to Carl Schumacher's original design.  She's dark blue like Rags, absolutely gorgeous, and I think she'll be a worthy successor to a really wonderful J/92 that made me look like a much better sailor than I am.

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[David]

Bob - Can't thank you enough for all your support over the years, we are going to miss you and Rags on the bay, but the Alerion sure is a sweet ride.

Bill - FWIW, have sailed J24's, J80's, J35's and so forth here in San Francisco and in Long Beach (California) where I still have partial ownership of a Shields 30.  Nothing beats the balance of our J92 (hull #65) and for overall big fun on the water.  Full rig, asymmetrical chute, tiller, open transom, fin keel with a bulb, traveler on the deck, safe ... will pause there as I just convinced myself to figure out how to go for a ride tomorrow - do you think anyone will catch on if my calendar reads "off-site training?"

Be well,

David

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