Having sailed for over 55 years, I have been up and down in boat size several
times. I found that once I went over the "trailerable" threshold, I missed
being able to load up and go to new sailing grounds. While I was teaching in
Germany, I bought a motor cruiser that I kept at a marina on the Donau (Danube)
River. ( It was a 3 hour + drive to any decnet sailing water). The boat, a
Hardy 20 pilot house had a trailer I intended to use only to take it home for
winter storage and maintenance.
We soon tired of cruising the 50 KM down the Donau or up the Altmuhl and having
to buck the strong currents in the river either coming or going. A group
cruise with my "marina neighbors" From Kelheim, Germany to Vienna, Austria
showed us how handy the trailerability was. We traveled downstream by with the
flotilla, rafting up and having a potluck meal or dining ashore every evning
with our great German friends. We rode the train back home and I went back with
the trailer for the return trip. Sure beat a 6 day slog upstream against 6
knot current.
While we still enjoyed boating on our home waters, we were able to travel
around Europe with Bullfrog II behind our VW diesel van to enjoy some of the
beautiful and historic canals around Europe. I never regretted passing up the
beautiful double ended diesel cruiser we first considered.
If "upsizing" means losing the trailerability, I would think twice.
Ron
M17 #14
Griselda > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:26 -0400>
To: [email protected]> Subject: M_Boats: M23 for sale
(maybe!)> > It is with a lot of hesitation that I post this and I hope that I
won't be > hammered too hard!> > Jo and I have been extending our sailing trips
more and more and have from > time to time discussed up-sizing to make extended
stays on the boat more > comfortable. These discussions were always based on
doing this move a ways in the > future. Keeping that in mind, we recently
became aware of a potential deal on > vessel that we had identified as a
possible candidate to suite those > needs/desires in the future. It seems that
the current economic situation of the > country has landed many a boat at
brokerages or in the classifieds as folks cut > the discretionary spending to
tighten their belts. It's a buyers market for > sure. It's a great deal and it
won't be there for long before someone snatches > it up. Even with it being a
great deal, it's a financial s-t-r-e-t-c-h for us > and could only be made to
happen if we liquidate Dauntless and do so for top > dollar. Maybe even top
dollar and then some. Working in our favor, of > course, is that the 23 is a
rare bird and there may, remember I said may, be > someone out there that has
identified the M23 as the boat that they have to have. > Also working in our
favor is that it really doesn't matter if we sell her or > not. We are very
happy with her, had no plans to sell her, and will gladly > keep and sail her
should this particular deal pass us by. So, with > that....Dauntless is for
sale. She will remain for sale only until the window to move on > this other
opportunity passes us by. I would appreciate it if you would > consider the
above comments before posting how crazy I am with my asking price. > The price
is what we would need to move into the next deal. I realize it's > high...you
may think it's very high and I'm not offended by that. It's just > what I would
have to have to make it happen and you never know till you ask. So > the asking
price for M23 Dauntless $37,500 and it is non-negotiable. I expect > that
Dauntless will remain ours for a long time to come. If you are > interested in
more information on her you can go to this link to a "for sale" webpage > that
will give you the details of the boat:> >
_http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1_ >
(http://havasumontgomerys.piczo.com/1979m23dauntless?cr=1) > >
(http://www.havasumontgomerys,piczo.com) > > Do I feel like a greedy traitor???
well, yes kindof.....what's the other > boat....well, it's not a Monty..tell ya
if we get it!> > Feel free to contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL
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