Contemplating a second boat.

Ouch...hey.

I just sailing the J three up and have discovered the awesomeness. Now I have TWO people to blame stuff on!

Already got my second boat, N5.0. Easy setup, great d-pn, single-able, cheap as hell! Couldn't afford to sell it!
A-cat would be awesome, but lake pleasant is damn rocky. We call anything under 1" sand.

Flying Sidewalk/Scot

Beer cold, sandwiches dry and don't have to sail handicap, check, check and check! Might have to put that one on the short list.

I just threw up in my mouth a little. If want to date ugly girls, at least find one with a rockin' bod.......MC Scow, Lightning, 110, etc. Anything but a flying scot!

um-kay.... for the benefit of those who don't know me (I have been living under a bridge for basically the past 2 sailing seasons):

- I have no friends (I un-friended myself on FB) so my purchase would be something to single-hand, or worse, single hand with grommets running about (at least they're good swimmers)

- As Timbo pointed out and the charts corroborate, my sailing area is wrought with unmarked shoals and WARNING: ORDINANCE DISPOSAL AREA markings it would seem a max draft of as little 4 feet would still be trouble. 3 foot might do it

- There really are no active OD / SMOD fleets of anything down here. BUT, there are a reasonable number of popular PHRF races

- I don't need any more pickle dishes to justify my (lack of) manliness, especially if it means I have to spend a buttload of $ to stay in an arms race

- I'm too cheap to pay for a mooring or slip space, so it's got to be a trailer sailor. And I've only got a 3500lb hitch.

- I'm a multi-snob because I just can't figure why I want to haul lead around.

- I thought about a dingy, but since most alligators and pythons are about the same size as a Flying Scot, I might want something over 20 feet LWL.

I have a bead on something that may fit all of these criteria. It may have more than 2 hulls, though.

Search hard for a Maine Cat 22.

There's a Gougeon 32 for sale in Anarchy's classifieds.

Here you go Jay, and the best part is, you can still use the Hobie 16 hulls for racing if/when you want to race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLOC9x5vZBg

Now, if I could just get Matt to build some of those center hulls, I could probably use my Blade hulls in place of the Hobie 16's.

Matt will build anything you want if you're willing to write the check.

If I only had a man-cave.... or garage-mahal...

what could only pass for a man cave at my house is the trunk of the civic.... which I may have to live in when momma finds out I'm trying to get a boat (back to that $$$ for boat = $$$ for momma)

my evil master plan is to have something by T-winds, although it may not be race ready by then (or ever)

That does look to be a good deal, and relatively close. The DNA on that site kinda gives me a chubber, but the 4k miles of driving, 58hrs behind the wheel, $900 in fuel, and $1600 worth of wear and tear on my pickup doesn't really tickle my happy bits. I see Skip's EVO on there too, he's fairly close to me, and I know some of the history with that boat as well.

I'm not really looking for a boat to race, though I'm sure it'll happen. I need something I can setup and get into the water in a reasonable amount of time. If I spend an hour getting to and from the lake, and hour to setup, and an hour to tear down, I can get maybe an hour sail in during the week. Its just not worth it to me having a 3:1 ratio of hassle to enjoyment. Spending <$10k on a boat probably makes the most sense, though I do love the newest in widgetry out there. It's looking like the foiling stuff is getting more stable, and is definitely looking doable under the current rule set.

The best deal on the USACA site is the 2010 Tool @ $14k. It has the latest generation

bendy

mast and a set of Marstrom curved foils.

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