Hi, Kate -- btw, it's Fred, not Frank… :^) I thought the LF42 I saw was center-cockpit; but that may have been the LF43 I looked at… my mistake.
If so, it may have been the 43 that seemed to be a bit of a tub. The 42, in looking at photos online, looks like very much the same hull form as my LF38, although it carries a bit more beam aft, which is a good thing, as the LF38 is too pinched at the stern for decent cockpit locker storage and access to mechanicals. If there's been a lot of work done, it might very well be a good value at the right price. Just make sure to have it looked over carefully by a reputable surveyor, and spend time digging into storage cubbies, the bilge and the mechanical spaces yourselves. As far as the LF38 goes, there are several of us on the C&C list that can help you with that. I moved up from my first sailboat (a 1981 C&C30mkI) about eight years ago to my current 1979 LF38. The previous (first) owner had pretty much not done anything to the boat in the decade or more before I bought her, so she was in need of love. I haven't been able to do everything I'd like to, due to financial constraints; but she's a great-sailing, very comfortable boat to sail, and I can pretty easily handle her by herself. I cruise in the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior, but have taken the boat to Grand Marais on the north shore; to the Keweenaw (Houghton/Hancock); and to Isle Royale. If you want to see a really tricked out Landfall 38, go to www.wbryant.com -- Wal is on this list, but currently has the boat down in Mexico, where he's cruised for the last couple of years. He's done just about everything to that boat that one could do, and has done an amazing job. And we would be well-served to keep all the traffic on the C&C list, for the benefit of others. -- Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Dec 7, 2012, at 4:39 PM, "K M Templeton, MD" <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, > > Thanks for your reply. The boat I am looking at is "Dorthy Ann" a blue LF42 > in Cornucopia, WI, but is an aft cockpit boat. That said, I believe that it > did undergo quite a bit of work at Barker's Island Marina, > and that it had been in the Carribean and came back from there looking pretty > beat up. The broker tells me that it has undergone quite a bit of renovation > since. I wonder if it is the same boat that you saw? > > We are planning to sail out of Milwaukee and do coastal day sailing and short > trips up to Door County and over to South Haven, Michigan on the eastern > shore. We have previously owned a 26' Paceship and have sailed on a 40' > motor sailer with a fairly small sailing rig and I completely agree that a > bigger boat on the Great Lakes can be a handful! > > We are also looking at LF 38's and would appreciate any wisdom you might have > on that model as well.
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