Corsair

Pretty sure there is no boom on the getaway to give anyone a headache. Which is a bonus when kids are onboard. My sons aged 8 and 10 get a bit scared on the hobie 16 about the boom as its quite low.

rumblefish said..

lydia said..
Corsair

+1
Built like a tank and I've had 10 kids in one.
Just make sure you install a line to hold the centre board down. Good way to loose fingers in a capsize otherwise

Keerist Rumblefish!
How the hell did you fit 10 kids in that??? There's a story in that I'm sure....
Great boats btw.

Corsair's are great, you can even put a small outboard on the back.
Small trailer sailers can be a good option for a young family, the cabin others some protection, storage & a toilet (bucket). Boats like the Gem550, Spider 22 etc can be found for around 10k & are good fun to sail. You can also leave them on mooring for convienience or trail them home to work on them or visit other waterways.

By the way, if anyone wants the list of improvements we did to the fleet of Corsairs we had to make them fast and safer, can put in a post at some stage!!

The problem with most family boats is that in order to be stable they're boring and you can't take them out on your own for a blast, unlike the Weta

There's a good local used Weta available for $13K which comes with a trailer and Wheelz to ease launching on soft sand.https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/grose-vale/sail-boats/weta-trimaran-nsw/1194420557

Ramona said..
Can't understand why that does not sell! It's a long way from civilization is probably the only problem.

Cairns used to be civilized. It had a pub on every second corner. Now the joint has been taken over by backpackers and crocodiles I think it falls out of the definition of civilization.

If he dropped the price of Tabasco to $2,000 I would spend $1,000 on fuel and go up there and get it.

Yeah well, my comment was tongue in cheek. I still have a soft spot for the place.
I was there for a year in '72 on a Navy patrolly and two years in early nineties chartering my Peterson 42 (ENVY II) out to Upolo Cay, Fitzroy Island, Thetford Reef (magic), Moore Reef and once around Double Island. Did one trip up to Port Douglas too.

Went on Coconut Slipway a few times as well which is where I nearly developed an immunity to sand flies.

I also have a soft spot for Windrush Wildfires as well as I had one for a couple of years here in Bundaberg. Awesome boats!!

If the trailer is knackered it really knocks the value out of it. Is it still used to launch and retrieve or does the boat live on a mooring. That won't be any good for it.

Well I is a welder among other things.

One would have to wonder at least, if not assume, that the bung trailer has done damage to the boat.

I am now thinking $1,000 should pull it up.

He has had it for sale at $5,000 for a year or more now. Is he serious about selling it??

I really have too much on my plate now to be buying another project but I have a mate who has the burn to buy his first yacht.

Thanks slammin. We are not getting excited yet though.