tf - good luck with that project - I've been building one of these for the past 10 years
so far I've got half the frames cut out, a box of junk hardware and a roll of Tyvek for the sails any decade now and it'll be ready to go -- Dave Cape Cod -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > teeny melges, maybe...it's 775 lbs displacement all-up. remember, it's > only 18 LOA > (and 18 LWL...a foot less WL than a J22) > pricing is as such: > > plans 75 USD > kit (all the 6mm ply, but no expoxy/glass) 2000 USD > shiipping of kit from colorado approx 250 USD > > rig kits are available, or you can find something you can use elsewhere. or > order extrusion and build your own. Dwyer is offering an aluminum mast with > spreaders, tangs, etc for about 2K. Carbon is 3K just for the spar. > > It's a box-rule design, so a lot of latitude with hull appendages...a 185 > bulb is the limit, below. > > Not much fun on an overnight cruise, though...so the C27 will be missed! > > tf > > > > > That looks an awful lot like the Melges 24 a very hot sport boat. How > > much > > is the kit and how much do you figure it costs to equip with all the > > needed > > (costly) deck hardware and sails? My slip mate/landlord (I am a private > > dock owned by a good friend) has a Melges 24 and trailer and he hauls it > > all > > over. It is an impressive boat speed wise. > > > > Joe McCary > > Aeolus II #4795 > > West River, MD > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >> On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Thanks Herb, but I've already put a down payment on my next yatchett!!! > >> > >> I plunked down 75 dollars for the plans to one of these: > >> > >> http://www.i550sportboat.com/ > >> > >> and will be starting on hull #87 whenever the g.d. snow melts!! > >> > >> trailerable, ramp launchable, and capable of 15 kn downwind....nationals > >> in Michigan 2009! wooo-HOOO! > > > > > > > > >
