Choosing a 22 ft sailboat

[Richard Isherwood]

I am looking to buy a sloop, around 22 ft, with basic cabin accomodation

for coastal cruising in the Pacific Northwest (We live in Port Townsend
WA)

There are lots of used boats available in the $3000 - 5000 range, mostly

20 plus years old. Does anyone have experience of any of the following ?

Chrysler 22
O'Day 22
Catalina 22
Catalina Capri 22
San Juan 23

or any pointers to similar boats that keep going at this sort of
age.

Thanks in advance.

Richard Isherwood

[Jim]

FWIW I had a chrysler 22 that I put on the rocks of Lake Ontario several years
ago. Got pounded for 3 days before it was lifted off with a crane. Broke the
mast coming in, but the hull had only cosmetic damage.

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[Wayne]

Most all of those listed are going strong 20+ years with a little TLC

Plenty of other brands as well.

--
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Pensacola, Florida

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[Klaus]

Why not ask the trailer sailors? try:

http://www.trailersailor.com/forums/trailersailor/index.cgi

and you'd get as many opinions as there are boats out there :-)
Klaus

[Tom Dacon]

Richard, there's a boat on a trailer over in the commercial yard that you
ought to take a look at. It's a white-hulled wooden boat with a varnished
cuddy cabin, a Scandinavian design called a BB11. It's a little 21-foot
cabin sloop that's an absolute sweetheart. I don't know if it's still for
sale, but the last time I was up there there was a For Sale sign on it. It
would be an perfect little coastal cruiser for up there, with a lot more
soul than one of the plastic boats you mentioned. Drive around the yard and
see if you spot it. It's not in a boat storage area, but was parked in front
of one of the shop buildings pretty close to the street. If you don't see
it, ask around. I almost made an offer on it before I came to my senses (the
boat I've got is about all the work I can handle right now).

Regards,
Tom Dacon

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[John Roche]

Check out practical sailors book Vol 1, most of these are reviewed in depth.

john

Richard Isherwood wrote on 1/21/02 7:16 PM:

[Terry K]

I had a 4000$ South Coast 22, pop topper, internal swing keel. Kept
it 9 years, did a little panelling, etc, sold it for 9000$ Lovely
boat, came with trailer, portapottie and O/B. Only problem was
really the c/b cable. Replace it yearly! Get the trailer modified
so you can drop the board on land. I had a section in the centre
rigged up with bolts, so I could do it easy. Worked a treat.

Terry K

[Richard]

Do you like the San Juan 23. It's way more a matater of whether you like
the boat, than what it is. They're all similar. At that age, thye've all
been pampered or neglected untill they're almost unique boats.

Where do you plan to go? Sucia, Seattle, Adack?

R

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[dai...@webtv.net]

How about the `com-pac 23`s...Beautiful boats/strong/stable/shippy.
As a cp16 owner i can attest to the [above]. Com=pac`s are available in
16`s/19`s/23`s, [& up]

~To believe in luck, is to believe, that the harder you work, the more
of it you will have. S.Leacock

[Paul Nightingale]

If you can find a Grampian 23 around take a look. I had one for 13 years and
enjoyed cruising the Gulf Islands. I used to say the biggest problem with
them is that you don't get two footitis it's more like five footitis to make
a difference. I now have a 29' sailboat.

[Wayne]

Terry,

We have talked before. Why would you need to replace the Swing Keel
pendant yearly? I replaced mine this year, it came with the boat looked
like a cross between a porcupine & a snake and technically would still work.
The pendant winch was shot so both were replaced.

This year I didn't need to pull the keel.

--
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Pensacola, Florida

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"Terry K" <tksp...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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[Sushi Grade Pork]

Wayne <MRWA...@yahoo.com> says NO! to fake shakes:
> Terry,

> We have talked before. Why would you need to replace the Swing Keel
> pendant yearly? I replaced mine this year, it came with the boat looked
> like a cross between a porcupine & a snake and technically would still work.
> The pendant winch was shot so both were replaced.

Same reason you replace a Honda timing belt before it breaks on it's
own. It can cause a LOT of collateral damage when does break.

Dan

--
I wish I was deep, instead of just macho.

-- Tyrone Power

[Terry K]

Replace it or not, you have to examine the thing close up enought to
replace it easily. So replace it. Why worry? I had one break 2
years old. Replace it.

You want no chance it can let go in the deep. Do it and be secure.
Having one break ruins your day, and could sink the boat. Puts you
aground early, and hard. Poking the replacement down the cable
hole, and then diving with 2 clamps to attach a new one doesn't help
getting the old one off if it breaks in the middle. Cracked trunks
leak. Mine did not. You could always tie to it from gunnel to
gunnel. Getting it down the hole can be tough.

Terry K