Greetings all,
I've been around here for a while, and had some great times with my Hunter 23 during college and shortly after, but things like adulthood, buying a house, and getting all my sh%t out of my dad's backyard took precedence.
I sold my Hunter 23 last year, sight unseen (even paid me extra to deliver it!), and he UPS'd me a toolbox I'd forgotten and the license plate off the trailer, so he must not think he got a bad deal, but as much as I miss the boat, I'm glad to be free and think I got the better end of things.
It was too small to justify slipping considering staying on it wasn't exactly comfortable for a 6'2 guy, too big to be worth daysailing compared to my 17' dinghy. The occasional weekends of trailer sailing were great, but the best memories are with it in a slip.
So, here I am, one year goes by where I don't pull the cover off and vacuum a foot of standing water out of the bilge, and thinking it's time to make a move. My two questions, where and what....
I live in the Philadelphia suburbs, so the "where" is Northern chesapeake up to the Raritan Bay area, suggestions?
As for "what" ; I'm all ears. Some poking around in the internet has me thinking S2 9.2, Cal 29, something like that...but I don't know anything. My 23 had a trolling motor, a porta-john, and an alcohol camp stove.
How much? I'm not made of money, but my boat budget can be a couple thousand a year. I don't really know how much slips run in the northeast
I've been around here for a while, and had some great times with my Hunter 23 during college and shortly after, but things like adulthood, buying a house, and getting all my sh%t out of my dad's backyard took precedence.
I sold my Hunter 23 last year, sight unseen (even paid me extra to deliver it!), and he UPS'd me a toolbox I'd forgotten and the license plate off the trailer, so he must not think he got a bad deal, but as much as I miss the boat, I'm glad to be free and think I got the better end of things.
It was too small to justify slipping considering staying on it wasn't exactly comfortable for a 6'2 guy, too big to be worth daysailing compared to my 17' dinghy. The occasional weekends of trailer sailing were great, but the best memories are with it in a slip.
So, here I am, one year goes by where I don't pull the cover off and vacuum a foot of standing water out of the bilge, and thinking it's time to make a move. My two questions, where and what....
I live in the Philadelphia suburbs, so the "where" is Northern chesapeake up to the Raritan Bay area, suggestions?
As for "what" ; I'm all ears. Some poking around in the internet has me thinking S2 9.2, Cal 29, something like that...but I don't know anything. My 23 had a trolling motor, a porta-john, and an alcohol camp stove.
How much? I'm not made of money, but my boat budget can be a couple thousand a year. I don't really know how much slips run in the northeast