Debating

[Bristol14]

I'm debating buying a Compac 19 for day sailing on Buzzards Bay. I'm also considering a Cape Dory Typhoon, a Bristol Corinthian (used to have one but sold it when we moved away from the area 12 yrs ago), a Marshall Sanderling and a Compac Suncat.

I'm 62, think I'm still 30 and want to be able to sail forever !

Considerations are the infamous Buzzards Bay chop, ease of single-handed sailing and maintenance. 

Thoughts ?

[Bob23]

I don't know anything about the Bristol but the Typhoon is one nice boat. Maybe members more familiar with the area can help. I like the deep keel and keel hung rudder on the Typhoon.
bob23

[crazycarl]

we owned a bristol 22 (caravel) and she sailed great.  more than enough room inside for weekending, and took the large swells of lake michigan very well.  not easy to trailer or set up though, but if you keep it at a slip...

carl

[marc]

I just bought a compac 19 to sail on Buzzard's Bay. Haven't had it on the water yet but am looking forward to my launch next spring. I decided it would be the best boat for me given the conditions on the Bay and my pocketbook.  Will be on a mooring at Kingman's in Redbrook Harbor. You are welcome to come sail with me to check it out or look over the boat once I uncover it in early spring. I'm located in East Falmouth.
Marc

[peterg]

Having owned and sailed a Bristol Corinthian, as well as two Compac 19s on Barnegat Bay, which suffers mightily from severe powerboat wake and cross-wake, not to mention some pretty good chop in the right weather conditions, I'd rate the Bristol as the preferred vessel to deal with chop. Any low free-board, full keeled boat will be more comfortable in chop. I did love the CP19 for her sailing abilities in less stressful surface conditions (she does pound to weather in chop) and I thought she was a more commodious vessel in general, and particularly comfortable at anchor. The build qualities were comparable. One of my favorite boats for all weather and sea conditions was my old 1962 Walton 25, which was a beautiful Folkboat built by Whitby out of Canada. They have not been made for fifty years, but if you can find one, you have an extremely sea worthy vessel, albeit a little wet to weather, with 5-9 headroom, full keel, transom hung rudder, and if lucky, a small diesel.
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[skip1930]

Depends on how thin the water is. If lots of depth, I'd do the Cape Dory Typhoon. Though I did keep up with a Typhoon turn for turn for a few hours in my CP-19 in light air and home sailing waters. Whenever two sailboats get close it's always a race, even if me in Comfort & Joy or Chris in Moon Beam won't admit to it.

skip.

[MacGyver]

  A sailboat race: any 2 sailboats on the same body of water, whether they know it or not  ..... 

Mac