Any other Coronado 25 owners?

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graham

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I dont think ive ever seen another one except the odd advert here and there.

Ours was built in Spain in 73 We are currently refurbishing the woodwork and sorting out the rigging etc. Hoping to do at least some cruising this year.

We are quite impressed with how well she sails and the amount of room inside for a 25 footer.

Handling under engine with a long keel ,spade rudder and outboard engine is interesting /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif.
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I'm pretty sure I have seen one or two sisterships to Banjo pottering around in the Windies - they do look to be very fine cruising yachts - I especially like how you dont have narrow side decks to contend with, while gaining lots of extra room down below.

Could you post some more photos of her please, including the underwater hull form and down below?
 
I think they were popular in the USA so probably a good few would have ended up in the "Windies" .They were built in Barcelona for a few years so a few ended up here in the UK.

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I sailed on her a few times with the previous owner and she sails well for a heavyish cruising boat.

The accomodation is dominated by a large dinette table to stbd which seats 4 easilly and converts into a double berth., a galley with sink and icebox to port ,a large quarter berth and a V berth fwd. With toilet and hanging locker.

more pictures and stuff on our "Banjoblogspot" if you click on the link below.
 
I used to own one..... many many years ago. Sailed it back and forth across the North Sea to Holland, Belgium and France. It was a bit of a handfull in a following sea but very well behaved otherwise. Mine had a 10hp Stuart Turner 2 stroke, 2 cylinder inboard, which pushed her along at hull speed quite easily. The interior volume is wonderful but lack of side decks makes it interesting going up to the sharp. If you get a custom made boom tent with flaps front and rear, the additional living space, and headroom, makes it a good little family boat.
The original design was from the USA where they were built by one of the big boat builders in their hundreds. The rig was a de-powered version from the Spanish build, noticable by a lack of forward and aft lowers.
Hope this helps.
 
The most famous (should be infamous) Coronado owner is the self-important 'Captain' Neal who used to post frequently on Usenet sailing fora. He's a rather sad man with an interesting combination of an exaggerated sense of his own significance coupled with a sharp wit and a definite way with words. He calls himself 'Captain' on the basis of a USCG issued certificate which I think is roughly the equivalent of an RYA YM shorebased course completion certificate and loves to pontificate on nautical matters. His Coronado is yellow.
 
He currently posts under the pseudonyms of Wilbur Hubbard, Jakob Krutzfeld and Gregory Hall, probably more. His old sock puppets as well as Capt. Neal were Simple Simon, Ellen MacArthur and many, many more.

His Coronado, yellow with purple interior and called Cut the Mustard, featured on his extensive web site, now taken down. He now prevaricates to owning a Swan 68, clearly one of his many perpetual fantasies, or more likely, lies. His delusions of grandeur and bizarre misogyny plus his vitriolic put-downs make him kill-file material. He would be a fascinating study for an entire psychiatric department.
 
Coronado owner is the self-important 'Captain' Neal who used to post frequently on Usenet
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Yep.....his Coronado was slagged on a daily basis but moreso due to the owner. Yes those newsnets were certainly lively places and the likes of Abbi and Peggie made up for whatever Capt Neal served up.. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
sounds like Im in good company then.Definitely wont paint Banjo Yellow for fear of assasination attempts by the sound of it /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Cheers Damo,looks unlikely we will be up to Portishead this week. More crap weather on the way I think. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Cheers Colin .Nice to hear from an ex owner. You mentioned she didnt handle well downwind in big seas.Do you think the rudder is too small? It certainly looks very narrow to me for this type of boat.

Wouldnt be too difficult to mould an extension for the tail end.

I have only sailed her in fairly quiet weather so stil;l on the learning curve as to how she handles.
 
When I said it didn't handle so well down wind in heavy seas, it was just an observation from the experience of a force 5, wind against tide situation over the Goodwin Sands, where the tide runs fairly quickly at any time of the month! It needed a strong hand and a very focused helmsman to keep on track. I doubt whether you (or I) will be in that situation very often, so it would not really be worth the trouble of moulding an add-on.
 
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