It's a good middle of the road daysailer. Daysailing is one of the most fun things to do on earth.
Make sure there are no soft spots in the gel coat. Look for mushy places all over the boat, especially under/at the waterline. Push with your fingers. Everywhere. Like giving the boat a massage. If you find * one * then pass on the boat. It's like rust in the frame, only worse to fix. The boat can easily weigh 3000. Any fiberglass boat w/cuddy will be 1500 minium. My boat is an open cockpit 20 footer, and it weighs almost 1000, and I have almost no weight in the centerboard. If you are drysailing it, ie it is at a club or close to the water and all you need is a mule to launch, then you are fine. If you plan to tow it 30 minutes each way I would go carefully. Controlling a heavy boat in heavy braking is an eye opening experience. Start and stop towing a heavy load is murder on a transmission. I also own an older I/O runabout. It's ~4000 pounds. I tow it with an F-250 Ford HD pick-um-up truck and I still give plenty of room in front to stop. Richard --- Zeitgeist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The wife wants a daysailer, so I'm looking around for the largest > trailerable boat I can find (for cheap), but I'm concerned about the > feasibility of managing that kind of weight behind my rigs on a > regular basis. Anyone got some experience, tips for me? > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/boa/97586530.html > > Thinking of setting up both my 300D and Vanagon for tow duties. > Though I prefer the MB due to the auto-tranny and mo-powah, I already > have the hitch for the Van installed. > -- > Casey > Olympia, WA > Biodiesel: > '87 300TD intercooler (209k) > '84 300D (204k) > Gashuffer: > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K) > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
