alant
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Any aficianado's with personal experience of these?
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bignick
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Really under-rated. My dad had one for about three years and he and I absolutely loved it. He sold it because it was hardly getting used 
I still wish he'd kept it.
A little bit tender when it got really windy, but fantastic performance in light winds, and if I knew then what I know now (not much!!) then strong winds would have been good fun too, you just need to know how to depower a fractional rig.
Good accommodation for its size and seemed well put together. If I was in the market for a 20' trailer-sailer it would be right at the top of my list. In fact I can't think of a boat that size that I would rather sail, but that may be me looking through the slightly rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia....
Think of a little Sonata with a lift keel (better arrangement than the LK Sonata's swing keel) and you get the picture. Way way better (IMO) than competitors such as Swift 18 etc. The only other one I'd look at would be a Gem Micro, but that's smaller and more dinghy-like.
Hope this helps.
I still wish he'd kept it.
A little bit tender when it got really windy, but fantastic performance in light winds, and if I knew then what I know now (not much!!) then strong winds would have been good fun too, you just need to know how to depower a fractional rig.
Good accommodation for its size and seemed well put together. If I was in the market for a 20' trailer-sailer it would be right at the top of my list. In fact I can't think of a boat that size that I would rather sail, but that may be me looking through the slightly rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia....
Think of a little Sonata with a lift keel (better arrangement than the LK Sonata's swing keel) and you get the picture. Way way better (IMO) than competitors such as Swift 18 etc. The only other one I'd look at would be a Gem Micro, but that's smaller and more dinghy-like.
Hope this helps.
alant
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Really under-rated. My dad had one for about three years and he and I absolutely loved it. He sold it because it was hardly getting used
I still wish he'd kept it.
A little bit tender when it got really windy, but fantastic performance in light winds, and if I knew then what I know now (not much!!) then strong winds would have been good fun too, you just need to know how to depower a fractional rig.
Good accommodation for its size and seemed well put together. If I was in the market for a 20' trailer-sailer it would be right at the top of my list. In fact I can't think of a boat that size that I would rather sail, but that may be me looking through the slightly rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia....
Think of a little Sonata with a lift keel (better arrangement than the LK Sonata's swing keel) and you get the picture. Way way better (IMO) than competitors such as Swift 18 etc. The only other one I'd look at would be a Gem Micro, but that's smaller and more dinghy-like.
Hope this helps.
Impressive.
What do you call "strong winds", in this context?
bignick
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F5 and up really, but then its only a 20' boat. I should say that it was quite a long time ago (ie about 20 something years) since we had it. If we'd reefed it down and bladed everything out it would have been fine and would have been a great little cruising boat. I think my dad expected it to sail like a Pandora or something that is substantially stiffer. Personally I now prefer tweaky boats that you have to work in a breeze.
There used to be one on Windermere, and I think he did ok in the light stuff (<F3) but wasn't overly competitive when it got windier.
There used to be one on Windermere, and I think he did ok in the light stuff (<F3) but wasn't overly competitive when it got windier.
alant
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Any idea, roughly, what the annual insurance is on one of these/
bignick
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Depends where you keep it etc.
You can use craftinsure's website for an online quote - cruising yacht > hunter > under27ft - and put in a value, where you keep it etc. If it was worth around 4k and on a mooring then it would be around £150 with no racing cover etc...
You can use craftinsure's website for an online quote - cruising yacht > hunter > under27ft - and put in a value, where you keep it etc. If it was worth around 4k and on a mooring then it would be around £150 with no racing cover etc...
Signed Out
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I second the above, my dad also had one and it was great. I wish I'd gone for one myself actually. Used to pinch it and go off alone a lot. Very easy to solo, but an autopilot would've been far easier than my bungee-bodge cos as soon as I moved it wanted to do it's own thing. Very pretty too.
Think the Copland Harrier's probably the most similar but not so nice looking, but to me the Copland Terrier beats the similarly sized Sonata for the keel as mentioned above, and layout below- sacked off the v and have a big wet locker/head instead.
Sorry, off on a tangent there...
Think the Copland Harrier's probably the most similar but not so nice looking, but to me the Copland Terrier beats the similarly sized Sonata for the keel as mentioned above, and layout below- sacked off the v and have a big wet locker/head instead.
Sorry, off on a tangent there...