Posted by ron barr (rwhb@…>)
Any thoughts/experience of the best dinghy solutions for a Hoyt
32? I am considering a Puffin 8 (actually 7’6”) and wondering if it would fit
on the foredeck in a pinch although it would certainly be easy to tow coastwise,
easier than a RIB.
Ron
Newport RI 02840
From:
FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of michel.capel
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:27 AM
To: FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FreedomOwnersGroup] Re: Anybody used Windvane self-steering?
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Peter,
What an awful story. Good to hear that you got your insurance money.
If your interested, my previous boat, an F35 catketch CB-version)
built in 1986 is up for sale, I’ve heard from the new owner. His
work keeps him away from the boat too much, so he decided to sell
her again. I’m not sure if he’s advertising her already, perhaps he
even doesn’t have time to do that.
and there’s another F35 CK (1985). no centre board for sale in
Brouwershaven for just E29,000. Interior is a bit run down, I
believe. Wraparound sails new 2003.
Have a look at:
http://www.botenbank.nl/detail.asp?id=113632&shipName=Freedom_35
— In FreedomOwnersGroup@yahoogroups.com,
Peter Schaefer
<pcschaefer@…> wrote:
Michel,
I left the boat in the marina at Ponta Delgada on the main island
Sao
Miguel because I had to get back home to work after a sabbatical.
During
a winter storm besides some commercial vessels a barge came adrift
in
the main port. This barge with a huge crane on board drifted into
the
marina and smashed against the stern of my boat pressing the bows
against the pontoon. If some fellow sailors had not put a pump
into the
boat, it would have been sent to the ground for sure. The
insurance
company of the barge claimed for an “Act of God” and it took me
half a
year and the help of a good lawyer to convince my own insurance
company
that the vessel was a total loss. Finally they paid. After ripping
all
new equipment out of the hulk I sold the remains of the boat to
someone
in Lisbon who had her repaired.
As I retired last year I now have some spare time and am looking
for a
classical Freedom cat ketch again. I think I will take advantage
of the
strong Euro and go to the States this coming spring and have a
look at
some of the boats advertised in yachtworld.com and elsewhere. I am
still
not certain if I should opt for a F40 or even -like you did- a F44
or
stay with the F33 as I am not getting younger. I will have to
discuss
this with my wife. So let’s wait and see what the future will
bring.
Perhaps I will show up sometime at one of the next European
Freedom
meetings in the Netherlands. But before that I will have to cross
the
pond again. The next time I certainly will not leave the boat on
the Acores!So long,
Petermichel.capel schrieb:
Peter,
I didn’t know you lost your boat; how awful! Sorry to hear that.
michel
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