access to recent article on Columbia's

[Renee Lamontagne]

Just to let anyone know that I believe that there was a recent article in Cruising World on the history of the Columbia company

 

[Paul Esterle]

Wrong Mag!

Nope! The magazine was the latest issue of Good Old Boat. The article was written by Mike Keers, founder of C-NUZ and Columbia Yacht Owners Association. This issue also carried an review of our "Guide to Columbia Sailing Yachts" CD.Paul (Capt'n Pauley) EsterleCaptn Pauley Video Productionswww.captnpauley.bigstep.com

 

[Renee Lamontagne]

thank you for the correction.

Great article. Very insightful to a first time boat owner like myself. How could I buy that CD?Renee

 

[Bill Kerr]

New Article

Did you see the nice little article in SAIL last month about a restored C24? Good Old Boat has another article (about C28 this time) this month.Columbias are becomming "hip"... again>Bill Kerrhttp://www.worldzone.net/company/bkerr822/Avion.htm

 

[camw]

Columbia's becomming 'Hip'

Sorry, but Columbias have been 'Hip' for several years. They're a very solid boat. If it was taken care of, great. If not you have some work ahead of you. I have about $25K in my Columbia 36, and it would take around $150K to replace her. There is a boat in my marina that I would trade for, A Hunter Passage 450, but I would not trade for the $2K-a-month boat payments!Captain Pauley is usually on the Sailnet Columbia List and you can order the CD from him.Cam Whetstones/v C36 - Wolf's DenBaltimore, Md. USA

 

[bill gilligan]

two artices

Saw the one in "Sail" and heared about "good old boat". I own a '63 c-24. I love it. She is sound and a great sailor but the $30,000 that guy put in his (sail)was a bit much. I like mine with her 8 hs. 4stroke Honda and the wheel must take up too much cockpit.As for the paint job I did two coats of brightside over a primer with great results. My good wife got me a 4" foam roller. I tried to tip it with a foam brush with bad results, so I stopped right away and just tried to roll out the bubbles. That is when I found the trick. Very light touch and as little paint as possable. It looks sprayed! and no tipping. happy sailing B.