A parting thank you

[LConrad]

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all the folks with good advice, tips, etc. This forum is a great place to learn about our Com-Pacs. I will definitely refer whoever purchases Delightful to this forum. Many of the upgrades came from your suggestions. The urge to try a larger boat before I am too old to sail it was just too strong.

[Bob23]

Ok, L: Sorry to hear your'e moving on. What are you moving on to?
Bob23

[LConrad]

I'm trying a Seaward 26 RK.

[Bob23]

   I'm not familiar with the 26 RK but I like the Seaward boats. Legend has it that the Seaward company was started by a bunch of Compac guys who jumped ship. Any truth to that?
   You are always welcome back here anytime.
Bob23

[Billy]

That or Island Packet......I think

[kahpho]

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all the folks with good advice, tips, etc. This forum is a great place to learn about our Com-Pacs. I will definitely refer whoever purchases Delightful to this forum. Many of the upgrades came from your suggestions. The urge to try a larger boat before I am too old to sail it was just too strong.

I've survived biggerboatitis myself. Luckily I went through this all to common malady early and reasonably painlessly. I understand though that relapses are not unheard of.   

Good luck,
mel

[skip1930]

I'm trying a Seaward 26 RK.

O.K. pretty close to an elongated Com Pac. Some have a retractable keel/centerboard that retracts into the cabin to the roof ! Some have a 'deep' keel and some have a wing keel to cut down on the keel's depth. We have a friend here in Sturgeon Bay who has a Seaward 26 with a winged keel. Bob and Patsy Sterna.

These boats have a striking resemblance to each other. It's because the Seaward creator use to work for Hutchins. The two companies are just down the road from each other in Florida.
Anyway...

An interesting story from the All Sail Boat Show Chicago.
At the show was a Seaward 26 with a retractable keel/centerboard on display that while in route to the show in Chicago rolled off of a double drop semi truck somewhere in Indiana. She floundered down a steep snowy embankment into the woods only to be strapped and dragged back up the hill and onto a semi to finish the trip.

On an easel board at the show was a collection of pictures showing the boats resting place in the woods, the wrecked semi, the 'crane and strap' operation to drag her backup the hill, the re hooking to place the boat onto the replacement truck and finally the 'good by' shot as the big wheels rolled on to Navy Pier.

Only damage I saw to the boat was a fairly deep but not into the fiberglass cloth, scratch in the bow. The mast was just a stub for the show.  I talked to the guy for an hour cooling my heels in his cockpit and taking a rest from walking aimlessly around. Stout boat to be sure.

skip.

[brackish]

Anchored next to a 26RK off the point on Cape San Blas, Port St. Joe Bay a year or so ago.  Very nice boat, and of course with the retractable keel a perfect boat for the shoal waters of the gulf.  There was also a 32RK in the area.  Fair winds with your new boat.

That bigboatitis thing is brutal.  For me it was like a bell curve and I'm on the back side.  17' then 24' then 29' then 23' (current CP23), and no doubt the next will be smaller yet.  I've concluded for the annual cost of dockage, maintenance, insurance and depreciation, I can do a couple of really nice bareboat charters a year to get it out of my system.

So LConrad, I guess you'll not be picking up the factory mast raising system.   I was cleaning up behind my shed yesterday and wondered what I was going to do with it.  Hate to take it to the scrap metal place, would rather give it away.  Pickup only.

[LConrad]

Brackish, the boat sold quickly - a testament to Compac design and quality.  I mentioned your offer and I detected some interest. How close are you to the Chicago area?

[brackish]

Brackish, the boat sold quickly - a testament to Compac design and quality.  I mentioned your offer and I detected some interest. How close are you to the Chicago area?

Tupelo, Mississippi, not very close.  Several of my family members were in Chicago last week, but they flew.  Pretty sure that system would be considered overweight for a checked bag.