New Compac Owner

[Rebmilc]

Hello all

My name is Mike I'm 43 from Manchester NH and excited to be back into sailing. 

Skip the Next paragraph if you in a hurry. 

A early season shoulder injury put on hold my long time passion of Rock climbing and White water kayaking.  I spent the beginning of the summer Looking for something to do to keep from going crazy.   Then strange things started to happen.   I walked into one of my customers shops "I'm an independent sales rep in the outdoor industry." and he said hey someone just gave me this sail boat and I don't have any room do you want it.   It was a Bluewater 14 Deigned by Dave Autrey  who also designed the Blackwatch 18.  I drove it home to NH from Pa and was sailing by the weekend.   A couple days later an old friend who I see about twice a year came by to tell me he bought an RK20.   He had no idea that I had been looking at buying that same boat.    He offered me to let me sail the RK  anytime in exchange for working on it and allowing him to teach his son to sail on my boat.  He also owns a 33FT Pearson and we spent some time sailing that.   A short time after I was invited to go race on a J120.  So my summer has been spent jumping from one sailboat to another getting me more excited all the time.   I am still new but happy to crew just about any boat if it helps me to learn more. 


My 14 though a great boat started feeling small really quick and so I bought Demanon's Compac 16.    She needed some keel work but was in great shape other than that.  I will post some Pic's on the Compac 16 user page of the keel reconstruction. 

Sorry for the long post but I am happy to be here.


Thanks All Mike

[Bob23]

Welcome, Mike-
   I know about the shoulder injury thing...as I sit here, sleepless, my right rotator cuff having been repaired on 9/11/08. I am the proud owner of
"Koinonia", a 1985 23/2. Wonderful vessel...we've done a lot of sailing together.
   Presently, however, she sits in my backyard here in NJ, all bottoned up for winter as my season ended early this year. I look forward to next summer when I'll resume my sailing and rowing!
   Ok, Bob23 out... it's really tiring typing with one finger out of 10!

[Rebmilc]

Hey Bob

Thanks for saying howdy.  I was kinda getting lonely with no replies.   
I hope your shoulder gets better fast and you are back on the water soon.   If you ever sail up the East Coats to NH look me up. 

Mike

[Bob23]

Mike:
   Thanks for the well-wish. I'm out of work for who-knows-how-long. Gotta go back to the doc on 9/19 to check on the progress but because of my chosen profession (hands-on building contractor) I expect to be out for quite some time. Till next spring, I'll be stowing away on my friends boats!
   Although I've not spent any time there, NH is a state I think I'd love. When the founders gave it the motto "Live free or die"' you gotta love that. It seems she got short-changed in the original boundry setting by Maine- not much coastline. Where's your home port? I just re-read your post- Manchester. Do you head to the coast to sail? Myself, I sail in Barnegat Bay, which has a rich and long sailing heritage.
   Bob23, landlocked in NJ

[Gary]

Hello Mike:

Welcome aboard and best wishes on your new boat ! 

I'm also new to this website having just purchased a CP27/2 (hopefully moving it tomorrow from the Annapolis area down the Chesapeake to Virginia, near Deltaville).

I would appreciate knowing how you like the CP16 as I have a friend who is thinking about either CP-16, 19 or 23.   Any feedback as to handling qualities, weather ability, etc. would be nice.  Like myself, he has been out of sailing for decades.

Take care and BTW, there seem to be many nice & also helpful individuals on this site.   

                                                          Best regards,

                                                             Gary

[Ralph Erickson]

Welcome, Mike and Gary.  You both are in for a real treat with Com Pac boats.  Great quality, great sailing, great boats.

Gary, you asked some questions about the CP 16 and 19.  I originally owned a 16 and moved up to a 19 two years ago. I absolutely loved the 16 for its ease in launching and in sailing.  She was lots of fun to sail, very stable for her size, and the large cockpit was very comfortable.  As much as I loved the 16, I love the 19 better.  Stability that can't be beat, great in heavier weather, and room galore.  She's twice the size of the 16, even though she's only 3 feet longer.  I've posted pictures of the 16 and 19 side by side, as has Marcus, in the image gallery. 

Bottom line is, you can't go wrong with either boat.  I can't speak for the 23, never having sailed one, but if I ever moved up further in size, it would be a CP 23. 

Enjoy,
Ralph

[Bob23]

Hey, all:
   The 16 and 23 share a common designer while the 19 has quite a different shape. Much flatter which accounts for her stability. (I sailed on K3vin's 19 once.)
   I sail a 1985 23/2 which I  love. She initially hees some but soon her 1350# keel takes over and she behaves well. A solid boat with an identity crisis is how I describe the 23. I can't decide if she's a small big boat or a big small boat...this probably doesn't help much, huh.
   I guess that she feels much tougher and solid than an average 23 foot sailboat...because she's built that way.
   To further stir the mix, just today I was lookling at a 27/2 for sale. Sure would be nice to have standing headroom.....hmm.
   Bob23, dreaming

[Rebmilc]

Hello All

Bob In answer to your question about the coast.  I started this summer sailing a BlueWater 14 which is really a nice boat and designed to sail in the ocean.  However felt that I would work my way up to  some ocean sailing slowly.  Coming from a climbing / White water back round I take the power of nature pretty seriously.  Also the tides and currents coming out of Portsmouth NH which would be my home port are pretty serious stuff.  Lucky for me a friend of mine has a Person 33 in Portsmouth so I have sailed on that and the J120 out of Marblehead Ma to get my sea legs.  My new Compact 16 has a permit to use the launch at Rye harbor NH and I plan on going out there this weekend and sailing. 

The best thing about the 16 is its light weight and easy to set up.  My theory is the easier it is to et up and sail the more sailing I will do.  Also simpler set up easier to fix if something happens.   As for size she is a small boat but since I solo most of the time she seems big enough for me.

Mike

Mike

[don l]

Welcome, this is a great site for info.  Best of times.

don