corribee

[manish]

hi there gang,
i was just wondering would you think it be worth fitting a sea toilet to a corribee?? and another thig is it easy to fit a skeg??
any help wopuld go down very well ta very much. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Poignard]

Why don't you get in touch with Katie Miller, who sailed her Corribee round Britain, single-handed, in aid of the Ellen MacArtheur Trust? She has modified her Corribee for serious cruising.

She came to our club recently and gave a talk on her adventure*. Made it look easy but it can't have been.

*Note for club events organisers.

 

[Superflid]

Best places to start with are http://www.corribee.org.uk/index.htm and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CorribeeCoromandel/

 

[srp]

Unfortunately the corribee.org.uk site hasn't been updated in a long while, and has little information on skegs, other than the standard Corribee owners mantra that a skeg is a good thing if you don't want to lose your rudder. Skegs were fitted as standard on late mk2 and mk3 boats. A bronze gudgeon is bolted to the bottom and provides location for a pin on the bottom of the rudder shaft.
As a last resort I suppose you could always have a look at this page . /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif(This is page 3 of a series - page 2 has some line drawings of the aft hull shape.
All I can tell you about toilets is that I flung out the Portapotti that was on mine when I bought it. I don't intend fitting a sea toilet - takes up valuable space and I don't like too many holes in the hull. There's room to fit a small one in the forecabin if you really must.

 

[StanFolds]

I was looking for a corribee about a year ago and all of the boats I saw had sea toilets fitted, most in the bow but one amidships to starboard. After lots of travel looking for the right boat at the right price I gave up and bought a Caprice locally in good condition and at a good price.