Best offshore yacht 20 feet & under

[dk]

I agree with the other people with regard to the Hurley, We have an Hurley 22 fin keel, you can get a good one for £4K, plenty of standing rigging, have proven record of ocean sailing, Atlantic and Pacific, very good in heavy weather . Serach on Hurley 22 on web loads of information

+1

 

[ms.lau]

another vote for the havsfidra.

if i didn't already have a boat and want to live aboard i'd be seriously considering this one. i know very little about them but it's so pretty and looks like it would take care of you very well

http://www.allboats.com/en/4987822/havsfidra-havsfidra-1964.html

(first time i've pasted a link in so i hope it works)

 

[finbarr]

Invested in West Cork property? Bag of cheetos. Maybe two.

Steady on, you wouldn't want to be throwing your cheetos away

 

[DownWest]

another vote for the havsfidra.

Looks a lovely boat, but 4 berths in a 20ft double ender? Plus inboard, sounds tight. Or very friendly.

 

[Madhatter]

This is another of those Risen-from-The-Dead threads. 2002

With due respect there are people who have not been on here for long and maybe not even sailing that long either.
Anyway the forum would lose 30% of its posts if repeating was barred

 

[Madhatter]

With due respect there are people who have not been on here for long and maybe not even sailing that long either.
Anyway the forum would lose 30% of its posts if repeating was barred

HE HE ! I was caught out by not reading the op date

 

[Vamoose]

If you were suitably adventurous, had 4,000 in the Bank and wanted to buy a good seaworthy 2nd hand small yacht 20 feet and under to sail to either Med or W/Indies, which would it be?
Anyone from the toffee nosed "you can't go that small offshore" club - please do not reply.

I can think of anyone better than Roger Taylor to comment on this post

http://thesimplesailor.com/index.html
http://corribee.org/

 

[Blueboatman]

There was an article some years back, bloke sailed a J24 out to the West Indies, I think he used tillerpilots too and no windvane. His rationale about this and the boat choice was that once he got over there he wanted to have fun-and you can have a lot of fun in the Caribbean sailing a lightly loaded J24.

 

[Seajet]

Loads of boats 21' + have done serious offshore, but the criteria was 20' & below.

The design had a brief mention earlier, but I'd think the 20' Cygnet Super 20 + would be a good basis.

 

[finbarr]

A Mirror OFFSHORE seems an obvious one Henry Piggot crossed the Atlantic in one

 

[armchairsailor]

A Mirror OFFSHORE seems an obvious one Henry Piggot crossed the Atlantic in one

Shhhhhh! Don't tell Dylan!

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Astroturfing - Beware Single Issue Agenda's They Are Out To Convince You (-;

This is another of those Risen-from-The-Dead threads. 2002

I have noticed an increase in this. Could Astroturfing be involved? I recently read an article about Companies that specialise in creating multiple, detailed, synthetic forumite profiles. Software does all the work and builds some serious profiles and establishes a history.

An individual then uses the various synthetic forumites to start a campaign or establish an agenda for a paymaster. I reckon that these recent thread resurrections are Astroturfing.

The article I read last week describes an invitation to tender from the CIA for such a system. I think it was the Times Newspaper, on Tuesday.

A Guardian Article
Another Guardian Article

 

[[10753]]

Kingfisher 20 plus without any doubt - been round the world and crossed the Atlantic many times. I've had five and would rather be in one in a blow than most larger boats. Come junk rigged also which is even better - Blondie Hasler had one.

K20 - always crossing oceans - highly recommended - well within budget

 

[Kelpie]

I have noticed an increase in this. Could Astroturfing be involved? I recently read an article about Companies that specialise in creating multiple, detailed, synthetic forumite profiles. Software does all the work and builds some serious profiles and establishes a history.

An individual then uses the various synthetic forumites to start a campaign or establish an agenda for a paymaster. I reckon that these recent thread resurrections are Astroturfing.

The article I read last week describes an invitation to tender from the CIA for such a system. I think it was the Times Newspaper, on Tuesday.

A Guardian Article
Another Guardian Article

So does that mean that I am wasting my time conversing with a bunch of synthetic forumites?

How do I know that any of you actually exist?

How do I know that I exist?

:O :O :O

 

[DownWest]

Reading a lot of this 'stuff' makes me wonder if I want to exist.............

Still there is always sailing to get a reality check..

 

[finbarr]

how do you know sailing exists?

 

[DownWest]

Erm, how much time do you have?

 

[finbarr]

My initial reply was going to be," it's the weekend, loads of time". But then I thought, how do I know time exists! There is no end to this line of thinking

 

[DownWest]

I will leave you to 'The end of time'
A

Note for tomorrow, do a few more of the 'pending' jobs and spend less time faffing....here.
A

 

[evantica]

Tommorow sunday I'll go and check out a H18...and maybe I'll be a proud owner?
How do I put in a photo here???