Yeah because you know more about yacht design than Bob Johnson

Trick is to raise the gaff parallel to the boom until luff is stretched and then raise the gaff up. Notice the rigging is designed to help with this. Practice makes perfect.

Raising a gaff isn't a a bit pain in the but. You just have to know how to do it. I've had less binding with my gaff then any three sided sail I've ever had.

why did you sell the C25? I have a sunday cat but would like a bigger boat

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If you're going to sail a small trailerable boat it does take some time to rig and launch it. Provides an incentive to get out on the water and stay out for the whole day -- because UN-rigging and loading the boat on the trailer takes just as long. There are advantages and disadvantages to both (trailerable and permamently docked). If you've got the $ to blow it's certainly less time-consuming and less effort to get underway on a boat that is permanently in the water. But the elements are tough on a boat and slip rentals and club memberships can suck up a lot of money. Trailerable affords some protection from the elements, and allows one to avoid the costs of slip or mooring rental and added maintenance costs; but be prepared to spend some time just getting the boat in the water and rigged for a sail.

Brian E I thought your boats are supposed to be easy to rig and everything. Isn't that what the Mastendr system is all about?

If we're grading on a curve the Mastendr system makes it VERY simple. But it doesn't eliminate the need for stepping a mast; you'll never get away from that trailing a boat. But Mastendr does allow for keeping running rigging up and the boom attached, which saves a ton of time.

Brian E I do plan on leaving the boat in the water. Does the new boat come with most rigging done?

Oh I have no idea. I'm not the manufacturer and I don't own one. But I'm assuming you would be the one to install standing and running rigging. All the pieces are there, and once you've rigged it you can leave it alone.

LOA is 20 feet (6.1 metres), beam is 8'4" (2.54 metres), and draft is 5 feet (1.52 metres) with the centerboard down or 2'2" (66 centimetres) with it up.

Once you learn you won't regret it. I used to sail both for fun and competitively when I was a youngster, and some 50 years later I so miss it that I'm pining for a sailboat again that I can cruise around in just for the joy of propelling through the water through the power of wind. There's nothing in the world like it. It's both exhilarating and cathartic. And fun as hell when you've got friends and/or family as crewmembers who share your enthusiasm for sailing.

@@briane173 Then just do it. I learned how to sail by mooching rides on friends boats. The first time the boom thwacks you in the noggin you will never forget what "ready about -hard-alee" means or what a boom is. After a while of getting "cleatis foot" you will learn. And enjoy.

@@ThePrader That is indeed why they call it a "boom," I'm convinced. I remember my dad rented a Catalina 27 for a daysail in San Diego and a couple friends of his and I went out, and by that time you know it had been 20 or so years before I'd been on our last boat, which was a Columbia 50 -- never had to worry about hitting a boom with my head on *_that_* thing. But you kinda forget about that stuff after a couple decades, and I swear to god every time we tacked or jibed I'd get smacked in the back of the head with the damned boom on the Catalina -- sitting down in the cockpit for godsake! So yeah you never forget, but things seem a lot smaller when you get older -- like clearance between boom and cockpit.

did you get it?

Yes, I second that: Did you get it?

I wish they would make a documentary or 50 min video of somebody just gunkholing the coast and waterways of new England/the u.s. I feel like a little kid throwing a temper tantrum, I'm practically crying bc this boat isn't mine so a quality video where I can soak up all the details and nuances would be much appreciated lol

No dude...it was not fine even for 2009, the music is from 1987 and it was filmed with a camcorder

@@zackworrell by camcorder do you mean potato? even so its beautiful. I want one.

@@zackworrell Ah, retro...

of course they do - try google

Thats what websites are for - try it