Welcome to the new Mystere Class Forum

Hi Rick,
Thanks for making this forum available. It's getting tough finding fellow Mystere owners out there. I have a 6.0 with sail numbers #314 (Saintonge) and #421 (Sprint). I sail out of the West River in Maryland (with the West River Catamaran Sailing Assoc (www.wrcra.org)).

- Mike
Mystere 6.0
Unabomber

Now Mike is there a connection between you and Robert Murphy here in Fla.? Sometimes the names are just coincedence .And the boat too .

Gary Friesen, "checking in."
Fourth owner of Mystere 6.0 #310, the only Mystere I have ever seen, in my life; the only Mystere West of the Rockies??

Only Catamaran to visit the Channel Islands National Park more than a dozen times.

(The only 20' catamaran to have been Solo~Righted more than 15 times?)

GARY

Hello!
I am also checking in from the yahoo group. I have a Mystère 5.0. I sail it on a fresh water lake North of Ottawa, Canada (near Wakefield, Québec).

Robert

Keep your eyes open Gary somebody got that Mystere on e-bay that they were selling as a Performance product.That makes two in California. And its good to here you all chiming in. Bob G. M6.0 and half a Tornado with the other half that doesn't fit.I did'nt realize there were different size beams through the years can't get the Marstrom beams to marry old Panthercraft hulls.I Talk to a guy about Micro ballon epoxy to make a fit more for the rear beam to work. I wish those late 80's early 90's Marstrom T' hulls would pop up. The extra beams I have are exactly the same as Mysteres of the 93 and up I imagine so I have at least got a wide body in the makings, looks like the old marstrom trampoline could work to by runing some travel cars in the tramp tracs on each hull too. Catman in fact I would like to know if JB is running standard hulls on his XL .

Hi,
I'm checking in from the yahoo group. I'm sailing a Mystere 5.0XL in Germany. Hope to hear from other mystere's in germany
Lars

Roblynn maybe you can get the group up at SanSoucy Yacht club to visit with tips on repair and performance and even maybe the head cheese himself Yves could lay out a little history on the boat itself. That would be a nice commencement' Merci............ A'bientot

Hi Steve from Mtl Quebec,
Also checking in from the yahoo groups forum.

I sail a Mystere 5.5Xl, and am very happy with the boat.

Thanks Again Rick for this forum

I sail my new to me Mystere Twister F18 in Sounthern Ontario.
Any other Twisters out there???
cheers
Ryan

Hello Gentleman,

Just in the process of completing a deal on a Mystere 5.5 (18') going to pick it up next week and trailer it back home to Southern Ontario (Mississauga). Anyone know any good places to sail around here?

Sylvester

Hi Sylvester,
If you are looking for a good place to keep your boat, Etobicoke Yacht club is probably your best bet. Great facilities, showers, bar etc.
We also have a very active racing schedule. See:
http://www.cat-alist.com/notices/2007/2007_orca_schedule.htm

The most popular events in Ontario are the ones marked ORCA. Great bunch of people..very friendly. Let me know if you have any other questions..
@nacra.ca">Dave@nacra.ca

Hi Sylvester,
We are are also planning a trainning weekend at my club on a small lake north of Guelph (Belwood L. in Fergus) in May, listed on the ORCA events.
Great little lake in the spring with camping. Good for new sailors and seasoned vets to shake the rust off.
cheers
Ryan

Great! I sailed lasers and 420s for the last 3 years and crewed on a 56 foot classic yacht located at the Port Credit Marina but this will be my first Cat so I would love to go out with some other people and learn a bit from them. I’m heading down to Tennessee to pick it up next weekend. I bought it partially for my pleasure but also as a present for my dad for working his butt off and paying for my university tuition.

Dave thanks for the info on the Etobicoke Yacht Club I’m going to have to check that out. Currently the plan is to take it to a friends shop for the winter to work on it. Seal the mast, replace the lines, and make sure everything is safe. I was thinking of storing it at the Port Credit Marina Yacht Club or Marina but never seen a single Cat there…

Ryan I’ll definitely try and make that event. I go to UofGuelph so it’s not to far…

Another quick question…I did a bunch of research and read the forums about the Mystere manufacture, what’s the deal with them? Can’t get parts anymore?

Sylvester,
Thats funny, I am a grad student at UofG, sitting on campus now. The lake is only 20 min from campus. We also race Wed nights and Sun afternoons all summer!
cheers
Ryan

Yeah I just checked out the ORCA Schedule and noticed you have the uofg email. Sounds great looking forward to some quality racing this summer? Do you guys go solo or skip/crew?

Hi Ryan,
How many boats do you get out on a Wed or Sunday?
Dave

Hey Dave,
We get a lot of dingies (CL, Laser, scows) but only 3-4 Cats on a regular basis. We get my Twister, 2 Tigers and a Tornado out. We have a huge fleet of cats (lots of Dart 18, hobie 14,16,17 and 18's and tornadoes) but they never race. I am hoping that having the training weekend at the club will bring some of these boats out.
cheers
Ryan

Do you guys store your boats on Belwood Lake or trailer?

How safe do you guys feel sailing on Lake Ontario? Like if something breaks or what ever situation the whole idea of getting back to land. I had a situation or two last summer where the rudder ripped off its hinges once and the other time the mast broke. Luckily the lake was small and we had some people watching us just in case so they picked us up. I'm assuming you never go out just one boat on Lake Ontario.

Hi Ryan,

If your sailing in Ontario, you'll want to
touch base with Karen-Ann Xavier from her cat-alist.com
site. From her site, go to

Notices

for a schedule
of all the upcoming 2007 events (there's quite a few).

Cheers

Steve

We have a 4.3. How many other on here have one?

Doug and Ashleogh
4.3 #149

We go out on Lake Ontario all the time.. Been out there a few times in 6-8' waves.. The best time is just after a big wind when the waves are still large but the wind is 10-15knots.. Lots of fun surfing. You have to make sure that your boat is solid, and if you do a lake crossing (which we do occasionally) that you go with other people. Its always a good idea to bring a cell phone or vhf, and tell people that you are going out..so that they know to look for you if you don't come back.

Allright some action,welcome everyone and congratulations Sly I bet you scored that boat in Tennessee goodluck.

Yeah it’s the M5.5 in Tennesse. Heading down there next weekend i just have to get a temporary (trip) permit and still trying to figure out what i need for customs.

Customs will be more interested in the trailer than the boat. For the boat the title is best, if not a bill of sale. Paper work for the trailer is nice but I did bring mine across with nothing, but it does make it a slow painful process..

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Very interested to find your forum. Had a Mystere 17 about 18 years ago here in Auckland, NZ and sold it after breaking my collarbone 2x cycling [should have sold the bike!]. It looked just like the red boat the man from Wales was selling - more like a Hydra than Prindle. Probably only 20 or so were made here - the Hobie 16 was the favourite. Would like my old Mystere back as a great single hander on the wire.

there was one on the catalist.com in Canada I believe. This boat is about 17ft and is very reminiscant of the Tornado in hull shape. Trickle down effect from the Sailcraft to Mystere possibly! Welcome to the forum..