Just for fun a hypothetical question.

[Bob23]

Correction to Lostsailor's post:
   No, not any boat and the more I think about it, you can keep the bikini clad crew. In looking over the responses, I'd have to agree that CaptRon''s Telestar seems to be a great choice. But I will stand by my choice of a Hinckley Bermuda 40, called by one reviewer as quite possibly the most  beautiful sailboat ever made. I think that was a quote from a recent Good Old Boat review.
   I really do love my Compac 23! I can find no fault in her even though I know she has some hidden ones. If she and I were to part company, I don't know what my next choice would be...honestly!
Bob23   

[lostsailor101]

Bob23, I hope you know that I was only kidding with the comments in my summary, I certainly do not want to offend anyone. I agree with you that the Hinckley Bermuda 40 is a beautiful boat, and CaptRon's Telestar has captured my imagination, with thoughts of performance, the ability to beach her, and all the deck space she seems like an incredible vessel. Everyone please remember that this thread is a hypothetical question just for fun. One thing is for certain we all love our Com-Pac's, or we wouldn't be here posting on this great website.

[Bob23]

Lost:
   No offense taken...if you want to offend me you'll have to do much better than that! I just wanted to set the record straight that I'm not some bikini-clad female crazed nutcase. Just a plain old regular nutcase, maybe. Not that there is anything wrong with bikini clad females IF they are the right shape to wear a bikini. You know what I mean- sometimes on the beach you'll see someone wearing a bikini and you just have to say: "There should be a law against that!".
   The more I thought about it, that was a hard question to answer, even being hypothetical. Before my CP23, I had a Seapearl 21 which was a great boat, just not a high wind boat. But I sailed that thing down creeks in the saltmarshes here in the Barnegat Bay that only kayaks would go.
   Can I choose a boat that hasn't been invented yet? I'll call her the Convertible 40. On the road she's 16 feet in length with a beam of 7 feet and displaces about 1000 pounds. She carries a simple sloop rig with a small jib and is capable of about 5 1/2 knots.
   Once she hits the water, things change. She's 40 feet on deck, draws only 2 feet, with a beam of still only 8  feet and is capable of 30 knots under sail! She displaces 30,000 pounds but has positve floatation. She'l sleep 20, has A/C, sub-zero fridge, and 6 burner Viking range. She has no engine because the wind is always perfect. She has a self-waxing hull and below the waterline, she's self-bottom painted. With only 2 foot draft, you'll never run aground but if you do, she carried a special Inspector Gadget-like device that will lift the boat off the bottom and place her in deeper water- automatically!
   On second thought, forget it..I'll stick to my CP23.
Bob23 out!

[CaptRon28]

I think the Telstar turned out to be a great choice for me. I've just about given up on long distance cruising, mainly for 2 reasons - it's hard to find crew and you wind up motoring half of the time. I got tired of doing the above first, so the smaller cabin and storage areas (as compared to a 40+ foot monohull) fit my new life style. This would not work out as well for a 2+ week trip to anywhere. I test sailed a few other trmarans first, and wound up giving away a knot or two of boat speed for a much more stable and comfortable platform. It's a fast cruising trimaran with many of the others being far more racer oriented. This includes 6 feet of headroom, a real galley and head, refrigeration, ama's that can be walked on, etc.

A friend shot this video earlier this year -

http://www.youtube.com/v/O59pEVs1068?fs=1&hl=en_US

[Billy]

The boat in that video is AWESOME!!!! and the Telestar seems pretty cool too! haha

[Craig Weis]

Wow. What a nice video. Made me want to be their. I enjoyed the Marshal Cat Boat and the 'back water's heading out into the Gulf'. So who did the music? Was it Ottmar Liebert? I have his Nouveau Flamenco CD. Thanks for the up load. I'll be on a 38 foot Nordic Tug today for a memorial at sea.

skip.

[ka8uet]

Sadly, I must sell my 23/3.  Not because I'm giving up saiiling, but because I now need to sail on a level platform.  I plan to replace her with a 30' catamaran designed by a friend of mine many years ago.  I now weear braces on both legs, and tromping around on a tilty deck is no longer feasible.  However, i dearly love my boat, and couldn't have had a better one.  She is my third boat, bought not only for her beauty, but for her stability and ease of singlehanding. I'm still trying to find one of the three catamarans built to my friend's design by the brothers Hutchins!

[lostsailor101]

Thanks to all that have posted...

[mrb]

Someday I'd either love to find one of these or have one built.  It's called a YM 3-Tonner.

http://www.eventides.org.uk/3tonpic.htm

scroll for pics

Good choice,  got to love those british boats

[twinswin]

Was looking for the right SeaWard 25 when Pearl appeared and I fell head over heals.

[Bob23]

Pearl is almost a spittin' image of my 198 23/2 "Koinonia". Except for the netting and bimini.
Bob23

[Wiggs]

Capt'n Ron's video was great. It took me a minute (ok, so I am a bit slow) to realize I see that boat quite frequently when I go our. It was fun to see Charlotte Harbor. As for my next boat; I have lusted after a Pacific Seacraft 25. I will be a little while till I get one, but that is the boat that floats my boat.

Wiggs

[CaptRon28]

Wiggs -

Should be back in FL late October and I hope to get the trimaran back in the water before the end of the year (when my shoulder recovers from recent rotator cuff surgery). You (and any CP other owner in the Charlotte Harbor) would be welcome to come along for a sail. With full recovery set at about 8 months, I'd probably need some help anyway.

[Bob23]

Ron:
   I know a bit about rotator cuff surgery...had 'em both done between 2006 and 2008. 6 months out of work for the left and 5 months for the right. Not much fun especially in the beginning. But if you have a great surgeon (I did) and you follow through on the PT ( I kinda did) you'll be back in business. Right now I can row my Alden Ocean Shell for as long as I want with no pain. I plan on a 9 nm row this month.
Bob23

[CaptRon28]

Bob -

It's too early to tell, but I'm hoping to be back on the water in about 4 months. Probably won't be able to raise the mast (1 time job) or sails by myself for maybe another month or two. Cuff was torn apart on 3 sides. The surgeon was very good, so are the PT people.