Just down the road from me. I'm in Dunedin which is just north of Clearwater. Have fun while you are here. Bill ... __________________________________ Do you...
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Dan_Gonneau
Dec 1, 2003 3:32 pm
Greetings. After thinking about it a lot over Thanksgiving, I've decided to sell my Long Micro Zephyr. I'm going to post an ad in Messing About in Boats, but I...
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Dan_Gonneau
Dec 1, 2003 3:55 pm
Sorry, I botched the HTML in the message. Here it is cleaned up: Greetings. After thinking about it a lot over Thanksgiving, I've decided to sell my Long...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 1, 2003 4:20 pm
... $3 or 4K will buy a serviceable, though neglected, 30 foot used boat! For most people, the only reason to build a boat is for the joy of building a boat! ...
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Nels
recree8
Dec 1, 2003 4:54 pm
... Perhaps in your area of the world - but certainly not around here. I have never seen a 30 foot sailboat for sale at that price. I know some who is...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 1, 2003 5:12 pm
... Fair enough. Though around here, plenty of people just get tired of their 'old boat' and want to dump it. Poke around the marinas, ask the harbor master...
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Nels
recree8
Dec 1, 2003 5:51 pm
... Yes I can see where an old boat can become a liability, sorta of like old cars and people;-) Unfortunately my contact is looking for one he can trailer...
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Ken Locarnini
nunativs
Dec 1, 2003 6:31 pm
But if you live aboard, lving on a boat is the greatest deal around, rent/mortgage wise. Personally, I don't believe in unoccupied housing including boats,...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 1, 2003 7:12 pm
... There is an Ericson 25 on eBay at the moment. Current bid is $800, and it will sell for less than $2500, I'm sure. The listing doesn't say if it is the...
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dbaldnz
Dec 1, 2003 7:14 pm
As a building architect, I was once called an artichoke. It was said face to face in a jocular manner, perhaps with a different feeling when expressed behind...
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Nels
recree8
Dec 1, 2003 8:12 pm
... Sorry Peter, I am getting into this deeper than intended. The prospect lives in Ontario and prefers one near or in that area. ... I think that any ... ...
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hal
hal_cc_usu_edu
Dec 1, 2003 8:21 pm
... I think most power boaters will find your opinion very conservative. I have a 2500LB boat which is not kept in the water. Launching is just not a big...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 1, 2003 8:31 pm
... I agree both that my opinions are conservative, and that my opinion was based on sailboat thinking. Peter...
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willsamson
Dec 1, 2003 8:36 pm
... Like many of you (I suspect) I buy many more plans than I ever around to building. The funny thing about Bolger's plans is that I've never bought one...
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Frank Bales
frank_bales
Dec 1, 2003 8:49 pm
Bruce, I'd say that both of these are true for homebuilders, but another reason, at least for someone building a boat large enough to live on, or do off shore...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 1, 2003 9:25 pm
The new MAIB has a nice article by John Tuma about the use of a vang on his gaff cat. The vang was specified by PCB. Is this boat the Spartina adaptation? It...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 1, 2003 9:44 pm
... Put another way: simple materials, simple design, low stress elements, low tech, reliability and repairable in remote areas. Heck, most of the Bolger...
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hal
hal_cc_usu_edu
Dec 1, 2003 10:18 pm
... You have me wondering! You are not the first to express the ~1000LB tow limit. I have had the same response on other groups, typically but not always...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 1, 2003 11:51 pm
... The mast gets too tall. It's not really the weight. It's the fact that the center of gravity gets out of reach overhead, complicated by the stays that have...
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Nels
recree8
Dec 1, 2003 11:52 pm
I believe that the heavier a boat is the more planning and forethought it entails when considering taking it out for the day. In my own experience, a 14 foot...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Dec 2, 2003 10:58 am
... I did, and Dave kindly wrote back. He said that the Otter II he had was a good boat but that he'd been disappointed to find that it was too heavy at...
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tommol@...
Dec 2, 2003 11:35 am
Message tommol@... Folders Create Message Preferences Address Book Log Out Move to: INBOXSent.2002.05-MaySent.2002.06-JunTrash Message 1 of 61 ...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 2, 2003 1:23 pm
... Did Dave say if any of that weight was ballast? Five hundred lbs sounds pretty light to me. I would have guessed, offhand and without any computation,...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Dec 2, 2003 2:34 pm
... t the boat would usually turn out a little heavier than the designer intended, gi= ven that most of us tend to overbuild at least a little. Now, I'm...
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Gavin Atkin
gavinatkin
Dec 2, 2003 3:07 pm
Here's a bit more of what I laughingly call 'my thinking'. I don't remember the details, of the Otter II, but let's assume that it really is a punt of 14ft in...
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Bill Turnbull
wturn
Dec 2, 2003 3:08 pm
I have a 2500lb powerboat. I can say that there are times when I would like to take it out but the hassle of launching at the ramp then coming back and...
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David Ryan
ameliaw
Dec 2, 2003 3:13 pm
Tom, Welcome to the list! As far as I know, there has only been one Loose Moose II (aka AS38) built following the original plan. This was build by Bob and...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 2, 2003 4:06 pm
... It seems to me that there was a fellow who had a LMII built by a professional. Once it was built, he hated it, finding the interior too much of a dark...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Dec 2, 2003 4:14 pm
... Wow. I am impressed that you still have a positive attitude, 7 plus years into building such a monumental boat. Questions ... Those are all trivial...
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pvanderwaart
Dec 2, 2003 4:19 pm
... Hi, You might want to search the archives of this group to find the thread about the AS-29 Alisa, keeping in mind that it is one particular boat, and that...
