I'm picking up a neglected venture 21 later today so long as i can find trailer tires on a sunday in the bible belt.
She's been neglected and needs some work, mostly just elbow grease and more than some spare change.
Thanks to this site i've gotten a very helpful link to a place to purchase the sails.
Thats one step in the right direction.
I'm purchasing the boat from someone who purchased it with the intentions of restoring it and ended up being a lawn ornament.
This means i'm purchasing it from someone that really doesn't know what all is there and whats not all there. This is my first sailboat and the rigging is little intimidating to say the least when it's all tangled up and all over the place.
Because of the age/neglect i'm treating the rigging as it pretty much all needs to be replaced. I'm also much less likely to forget where it goes if i replace each piece line for line and bolt for bolt if i do it all myself step by step.
I want the boat to be reliable for everyweekend use at the lake and the occasional weekend doing some costal/protected water sailing along the charleston, SC and gulf while on vacation once i'm done with sailing lessons and get the feel for the boat.
Is there a one stop shop where i can purchase all the running/standing rigging as a kit?
I'm going to be doing most of my sailing with my son, he's about 2. The rest of the time i'll be sailing with the family (daugher and wife) so that means i'll be sailing solo all the time . I'd like all the lines to come back to the cockpit.
The lake areas i'll be sailing do not have consistant winds at all. This is where i'll be spending most of my time. I'm not sure what sail selection i should make and i'm guessing that depending on what sails i choose it might also change my choice in rigging.
Along the the main sail i will also be ordering a jib and spinaker. I've seen more than a few different jibs from large geona jibs to much smaller jibs.
The only thing i will be doing in this boat is cruising whether it be a weekend trip to the lake or a week camping out in the gulf. Any recomendations would be great, i'm sure my jib selection going from the realitively callm lake waters to costal sailing on nice days will change my sail selection depending on winds/wave conditions.
All the foam has been taken out of this boat. Since i'm not planning on ever sinking the boat i'm not sure if i should just leave it out and have plenty of storage space or put something back in it. Aniy recomendations on that would also be great.
Does anyone have a step by step how to on removing the keel? While i have her out of the water and in teh air i'd like to remove, clean, paint and re install the swing keel along with a new brakewinch/cable/hardware while i'm at it. I only have a month or two before lake waters are warm enough to swim and want her good to go for the summer.
I'm sure i'll be adding to the questions as i go along and i'll post pics when i'm done picking her up and get her cleaned.
Thanks guys!
She's been neglected and needs some work, mostly just elbow grease and more than some spare change.
Thanks to this site i've gotten a very helpful link to a place to purchase the sails.
Thats one step in the right direction.
I'm purchasing the boat from someone who purchased it with the intentions of restoring it and ended up being a lawn ornament.
This means i'm purchasing it from someone that really doesn't know what all is there and whats not all there. This is my first sailboat and the rigging is little intimidating to say the least when it's all tangled up and all over the place.
Because of the age/neglect i'm treating the rigging as it pretty much all needs to be replaced. I'm also much less likely to forget where it goes if i replace each piece line for line and bolt for bolt if i do it all myself step by step.
I want the boat to be reliable for everyweekend use at the lake and the occasional weekend doing some costal/protected water sailing along the charleston, SC and gulf while on vacation once i'm done with sailing lessons and get the feel for the boat.
Is there a one stop shop where i can purchase all the running/standing rigging as a kit?
I'm going to be doing most of my sailing with my son, he's about 2. The rest of the time i'll be sailing with the family (daugher and wife) so that means i'll be sailing solo all the time . I'd like all the lines to come back to the cockpit.
The lake areas i'll be sailing do not have consistant winds at all. This is where i'll be spending most of my time. I'm not sure what sail selection i should make and i'm guessing that depending on what sails i choose it might also change my choice in rigging.
Along the the main sail i will also be ordering a jib and spinaker. I've seen more than a few different jibs from large geona jibs to much smaller jibs.
The only thing i will be doing in this boat is cruising whether it be a weekend trip to the lake or a week camping out in the gulf. Any recomendations would be great, i'm sure my jib selection going from the realitively callm lake waters to costal sailing on nice days will change my sail selection depending on winds/wave conditions.
All the foam has been taken out of this boat. Since i'm not planning on ever sinking the boat i'm not sure if i should just leave it out and have plenty of storage space or put something back in it. Aniy recomendations on that would also be great.
Does anyone have a step by step how to on removing the keel? While i have her out of the water and in teh air i'd like to remove, clean, paint and re install the swing keel along with a new brakewinch/cable/hardware while i'm at it. I only have a month or two before lake waters are warm enough to swim and want her good to go for the summer.
I'm sure i'll be adding to the questions as i go along and i'll post pics when i'm done picking her up and get her cleaned.
Thanks guys!