the Challenger is not the fastest boat but this past weekend we did win the prettiest boat award at our local yacht club's Seguin race. They have never had that award before but racing against GMORA's fleet of hot racers we looked fantastic. We have a trophy - a bottle of Gosling's Black Seal rum!
Tons of compliments about the boat- alot of people mistook her for a Hinckley which we corrected right away. I think you're right Tom we need to draw attention to these boats as much as possible. It's interesting a broker said $65-70,000 is tops for this boat- not that it makes much difference as Muskrat will be in the family for a long long time, but for insurance purposes, etc it does.
You can see some pictures of our spinnaker set on the website for the Southport Yacht Club Seguin race. We borrowed a spinnaker pole from Whiplash, a J35- really need to find a wood one if any one knows a source. We are tempted to go out to Pratts Island up the road and cut a Spruce- they are all 30' by 3", packed so tight you cann't see a foot through the woods but probably not the right stuff.
Tons of compliments about the boat- alot of people mistook her for a Hinckley which we corrected right away. I think you're right Tom we need to draw attention to these boats as much as possible. It's interesting a broker said $65-70,000 is tops for this boat- not that it makes much difference as Muskrat will be in the family for a long long time, but for insurance purposes, etc it does.
You can see some pictures of our spinnaker set on the website for the Southport Yacht Club Seguin race. We borrowed a spinnaker pole from Whiplash, a J35- really need to find a wood one if any one knows a source. We are tempted to go out to Pratts Island up the road and cut a Spruce- they are all 30' by 3", packed so tight you cann't see a foot through the woods but probably not the right stuff.
