On Feb 11, 9:44*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:07:13 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch



wrote:
Having built 2 MiniCup 12' sailboats (and rebuilt them)
Built a 9' nesting 2-Paw dinghy
Built a 20' Tolman
and owning a canoe, kayak, and sailboard and a 28' S2 sailboat, you
might think 8 boats is enough. *Of course I also built a slide-in
truck camper this past year too.

So, what to build next? *A bigger sailboat? *I really like my 28' S2
with her 3'10" draft and 13 hp diesel. *However, I am intrigued by
water ballasted boats like Michalak's Cormorant due to their
trailerability.
Another possibility is the "Diesel Duck" motor sailor because she
offers serious long distance cruising but at age 53, I may be beyond
that time of my life and more into other things.

A bigger Tolman? *Maybe just to have the cabin and better sea ability
but my 20' sure is easy to trailer and launch. *My 20' takes me 90% of
the places I want to go and would take me to 95% if I was to take
risks (Key West to Dry Tortugas). *I might just give her an interior
deck and big scuppers but her small deadrise would never allow her to
be a good sea boat.

I suspect that as I get older, long distance cruising under sail will
be less interesting to me and shorter trips for snorkelling etc will
make more sense meaning a power boat.

Maybe I should not build any more boats, I dunno. *However, building
was fun

When you get senile, a cuddy will provide a good place to change those
depends. Like my two grand boat. Twenty two feet, riveted aluminum,
170hp 4 cyl sterndrive. If I can maintain the insanity, it and its
nearly flat bottom are going from Iowa to Halifax. If I come to my
senses, I might just trailer it there for local sightseeing and
perhaps a spot of fishing, if the authorities are halfway reasonable.

Casady

VArious options include from most ambitious to least:

38' Buehler "Diesel Duck" 4' 9" draft may be problematic and I am not
sure I want a boat that is not trailerable and only goes 6-7 kts.

33' Michelak "Cormorant". An interesting trailerable boat with water
ballast however, I am not sure it is Bahamas worthy and still only
goes 6 kts or so.

Tolman Jumbo 24': No sailing but a good seaworthy power boat. I
already built the 20' Standard so building the 24' Jumbo is no prob

Buy a Mac 26X: Not sure it is capable of any offshore work although
the concept is interesting. Maybe buy an older one and upgrade the
fittings.