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My 28ck travelled Spain Portugal and the med in 1982...four owners ago.

Sailed Clave' Saturday on Tampa Bay. A few hours under double reefed main...
Enjoy your travels! Thanks for sharing your cruise!

Great to see you are cruising. My f30(28) ck made that trip with first owner in 1982? Clave' has a metal shoe at the rear of the keel extending beneath the front of the rudder. I still have had to dive to cut a line wrapped on the prop shaft once. Photos or your you tube bikini money shots make twen...

Has this "sold"?
Price will not be the comparable I hope when I want to sell mine.

I have gotten a couple quotes to replace my sails. I had decided after sailing for five years I need the second reef point only. We have found full sail until we put a second reef on the mizzen and the next step furl the mizzen and go to second reef in the main. Maybe a third reef for balance or as ...

I prevously had a three blade with my volvo and noted higher speed and better acceleraion wih lower rpm and horspower of original volvo. Negligable speed chane under sail with current two blade prop. I can get full rpm with current prop.
Campbell claims better speed both inder power and sail. ???

I had seen a freedom 28 cat ketch in an old for
sale ad with a three blade Campbell sailor prop.. Anyone wit experience?

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Clave' s original volvo transmission gave up, an inability to repair led to repower. Beta more expensive here,and although I liked it, we went with Yanmar 2ym15. Higher rpm just takes getting used to. Spinning 16 inch two blade. Flat water 5.5 knots. Fat heavy boat with windage could use more power ...

Never sure what prior owners might have added. Boat us has published their thoughts previously.
https://www.boatus.com/magazine/archive ... lc-too.asp

My brother had a elderly gent former painter friend light sand and rub a thinned varnish on my interior.

The previous owners had removed headliners and the side trim. Fiberglass cabin top ground and sanded down and painted. My wife and I removed the liners in the shelves. We then cleaned and painted the fiberglass. I was concerned I would have condensation around the ports as the cabin sides are not co...