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No personal experience but a very loyal following in S.W. Florida
These guys seem to love them- both in standard form and with optional out riggers. From what I have read on their web sight, they are faster than you would guess. After going to their site, you can join their yahoo group and ask any specific questions. Good luck.
These guys seem to love them- both in standard form and with optional out riggers. From what I have read on their web sight, they are faster than you would guess. After going to their site, you can join their yahoo group and ask any specific questions. Good luck.
great boats
a friend has one that we have sailed on. The boat is surprisingly fast, easy to sail, points well, and will sail in very shallow water. The motor mount on the tiller is a little different, but it doesn't take much horse power to move her. It has no cabin, but some folks overnight in them using boom tents, etc.
Bert
a friend has one that we have sailed on. The boat is surprisingly fast, easy to sail, points well, and will sail in very shallow water. The motor mount on the tiller is a little different, but it doesn't take much horse power to move her. It has no cabin, but some folks overnight in them using boom tents, etc.
Bert
I have one.....never going to sell it!
I have one. It is a fantastic trailer sailer. You can have it rigged in 10-15 minutes easily. and it's light enough I pull it with a Pontiac Vibe. I sail with my family of five (we pull it with a minivan when they all go), and park it in my barn and it costs me nothing. West Marine becomes a place you vaguely remember, because the boat is so simple and the improvements you can make are minimal. Sailing in 10" of water is really fun, and being able to reef the sails down to hankerchiefs makes it even fun on days other trailer sailers are struggling.
I went to Canandaigua Lake this past saturday and watched a couple of trailer sailors with sloop rigs spend time stepping masts with two people, and I just picked up the masts, stuck them in the steps, attachd the rudder and placed my Honda 2hp on and was ready for the ramp.
Sailing is great, they move nice in even the lightest breeze. If there is a fault, it's that you have to be careful and not pinch, as the Cat-Ketch rig doesn't quite point like a sloop. But I was able to make upwind progress on par with an O'day Daysailer and a larger (maybe a tanzer 22...not sure) by not pointing as high but making faster boat speed. On a reach it's not a fair fight, I commonly sail at 6+ knots and have had it at 9 knots once. running is another place where a Cat-Ketch rig is nice....you can wing out the main to port and mizzen to starboard, and it really scoots. I chased a Watkins boat about 25 feet with a chute and I couldn't pass him, but I stayed right with him.
I couldn't love a boat more.
Take Care,
Steve
I have one. It is a fantastic trailer sailer. You can have it rigged in 10-15 minutes easily. and it's light enough I pull it with a Pontiac Vibe. I sail with my family of five (we pull it with a minivan when they all go), and park it in my barn and it costs me nothing. West Marine becomes a place you vaguely remember, because the boat is so simple and the improvements you can make are minimal. Sailing in 10" of water is really fun, and being able to reef the sails down to hankerchiefs makes it even fun on days other trailer sailers are struggling.
I went to Canandaigua Lake this past saturday and watched a couple of trailer sailors with sloop rigs spend time stepping masts with two people, and I just picked up the masts, stuck them in the steps, attachd the rudder and placed my Honda 2hp on and was ready for the ramp.
Sailing is great, they move nice in even the lightest breeze. If there is a fault, it's that you have to be careful and not pinch, as the Cat-Ketch rig doesn't quite point like a sloop. But I was able to make upwind progress on par with an O'day Daysailer and a larger (maybe a tanzer 22...not sure) by not pointing as high but making faster boat speed. On a reach it's not a fair fight, I commonly sail at 6+ knots and have had it at 9 knots once. running is another place where a Cat-Ketch rig is nice....you can wing out the main to port and mizzen to starboard, and it really scoots. I chased a Watkins boat about 25 feet with a chute and I couldn't pass him, but I stayed right with him.
I couldn't love a boat more.
Take Care,
Steve
thanks for the input.
i am thinking about giving one to my son for his 21st birthday? what do you think?
i am thinking about giving one to my son for his 21st birthday? what do you think?
Igot a big student loan
for my 18th birthday....and a card for my 21st.
They are about 17 grand new......
Take Care,
Steve
for my 18th birthday....and a card for my 21st.
They are about 17 grand new......
Take Care,
Steve
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