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....primarily for the sake of our, dog a 100 lb Golden Retriever mix.
When I first seriously comsidered buying a boat last spring my first choice was a CD 30, one of the first boats that I started sailing on. I was contemplating using it as a weekender and daysailer because getting the dog on board, having enough room on board for a dog or leaving her in a kennel for long periods was either not feasible or something we wanted to do. In the course of looking for a CD 30 I came across the CD MS 300 having forgot CD made a motor sailor. I remembered thinking 15-20 years ago "Who would want a motor sailor?" Well 15-20 years later its the perfect boat for our needs right now. A swim platform with a walk through transom door makes it a piece of cake for the dog to get on and off the boat. She has plenty of room in the cockpit and deck to roam and only two steps down into the cabin. Now extended trips with the dog are doable. I'm not going to win any races but I'm out on the water. I don't mind the pilot house like I did especially on a cold rainy Maine day (which there aren't many of ). If we could only get her to get over her sea sickness.
If the price was in the budget, Jeanneau has a 40' Deck Salon model also with a walk through transom and the helm at the starboard side bulkhead under the dodger. It also would be a great boat for a large dog. Plenty of room in the cockpit and only two steps down to the cabin.
Better to find humility before humility finds you.
My two cents would suggest a Person Invicta, Bermuda 40, Allied Seabreeze or Alberg 37 Yawl. A Morris Justine, Sure. I spent one cold day beating into 45 knots on an old Pearson 35 Yawl (The one after the Alberg) and having the jib and jigger up made the helm like butter. The old Tartan 34 sails like a dream too. In fact, she sails herself upwind. Perhaps we should all charter instead of own! But then again, I wouldn't be able to scrape my knuckles in the engine room.
But if I win the PowerBall lottery, I'll get me a Concordia Yawl.
Not only that, I would hire a crew just to maintain the brightwork, and another crew (of course with the admiral's permission ) to draw additional attention to her.
not many cape dory typhoons around seattle, and i need more flexibility (to trailer it), so i was lucky to find a victoria 18--kind of similar to a typhoon.
One of the finest bluewater boats ever built...bar none!
The Alajuela 38 ketch rigged
An 'Ingrid' class.
Didereaux- San Leon, TX
last owner of CD-25 #183 "Spring Gail"
"I do not attempt to make leopards change their spots...after I have skinned them, they are free to grow 'em back or not, as they see fit!" Didereaux 2007
Already have her...
CD28 Fell in love with the lines...and talk about lucking out...
Who knew she'd sail so well and be so forgiving!!
Couple that with the bonus of the Cape Dory community,
she's all the boat we'll ever need or want...
But I admire the lines of the:
Gozzard,
Choey Lee, and
Morris
All three turn my head every time!
). If we could only get her to get over her sea sickness.
) to draw additional attention to her.
