Alan -
Those prices are rather high, but unless you want to pick up a
C27 in Chesapeake country and truck it home, you're at the mercy of
your local market. My wife & I were extremely fortunate, we found a
C27 in OK shape that nobody wanted. It had the A4 (not usable) and a
bracket with a 9.9 OB. We replaced the motor that came with our boat
with a used Yamaha 9.9 4stroke. Memorial Day weekend we motored from
Still Pond to Rock Hall (about 22 nm) and averaged over 6 kt the whole
way back. An 8hp should probably do the trick in a C25, with a 9.9
definitely handling your power needs.
As far as handling rough weather, I don't know - perhaps others
with more experience can help you (and me) with that one. The C25 in
question sounds like a gem, but C27s are far roomier. Best of luck in
your boat search!
Henry & Lynn Cohen
Ceol na Mara (hull #1956)
Rock Hall MD
On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Alan Rothenbush <[email protected]> wrote:
Many thanks to all who responded to my question about the 25 and the
27s!
Here's kind of a blanket followup on a few things, and another
question at
the end.
1. I must live in the wrong part of the world, based upon what
Catalina
27s sell for here and what it's been suggested I pay for one.
I have done my homework and the very cheapest Catalina 27 available
anywhere in the area is $8,000, and that's for a right out of the
factory
boat with nothing extra and nothing but routine maintenance over the
years. Perhaps it's local price point thing, but "recreational" 27s
from
the 70s or early 80s sell for 10k to 12k or so .. all of them.
2. I take the point about sails, and never really thought about it
before.
Yeah, just because they're not torn doesn't necessarily mean they're
good
for anything, and replacing them is a significant cost.
Sadly, the 25 comes with a brand new spinnaker, never used, a brand
new
Dacron genoa cut for a furling setup never installed!, and a new
multi-reef main with 6 hours on it. I say "sadly", because I'm really
trying to find reasons to talk myself out of the 25 and buy a 27,
but it's
proving difficult.
I got a bit more of the story on the 25. The current owner is the
second
owner, who bought it in 2003 from a fellow who almost never sailed
it. He
then did a complete refit, money apparently not being an object.
(We'll
leave aside the question of why he would do so to a 25) There's all
new
running rigging, all new standing rigging. Since he was going to this
expense, he brought all lines back to the cockpit. He had the
upholstery
done. He had custom carpets done. He put in a new toilet with holding
tank and a macerator pump. He added darn near every electronic gizmo
of
the day. The hull was stripped and repainted with two coats of epoxy
paint. The list goes one and on.
What he didn't do was sail it.
He claims the boat has 6 hours on it since the refit and I have no
reason
to doubt him. It is SO clean it looks new.
But it's still a 25 with an outboard.
And that leads to the questions about motors, really the point of my
original post.
1. Are outboards really that bad for extended motoring periods ?
2. Are outboards really that bad in rough weather?
3. Inboard or outboard, is 10 HP enough if you "get into trouble",
or is
the big bad gas engine really what you need?
Thanks again for any thoughts.
Alan
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Alan Rothenbush
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