drbines
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Can anyone help with any information on leisure 29's circa 1980. ANY info greatfully accepted.
Leisure 29
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rogerroger
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Re: Leisure 29 - specifically ?
You might need to be a little more specific to save people responding that it's a fibreglass boat, fat at the back, pointy at the front with a big white flappy thing in the middle!
I looked at one a couple of years ago - seemed quite good value (although it was being sold by a widow trying to get rid of it).
Good sea berth with a wooden slat you could use as a lee cloth (board) - didn't like the nav table that you had to fold away to get to the aft berth on the the starboard side.
Didn't buy it - can't remember any more about it although I remember it seeming quite well built and solid.
Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk
You might need to be a little more specific to save people responding that it's a fibreglass boat, fat at the back, pointy at the front with a big white flappy thing in the middle!
I looked at one a couple of years ago - seemed quite good value (although it was being sold by a widow trying to get rid of it).
Good sea berth with a wooden slat you could use as a lee cloth (board) - didn't like the nav table that you had to fold away to get to the aft berth on the the starboard side.
Didn't buy it - can't remember any more about it although I remember it seeming quite well built and solid.
Roger Holden
www.first-magnitude.co.uk
mickp
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look at the Leisure Owners Association site www.leisure-association.freeserve.co.uk good site lots of info on leisures, I once had a 27 good sea boat, 29 identical but bigger cockpit.
webcraft
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Re: Leisure 29 oowners assoc. website
Now at
http://www.leisureowners.org.uk/new_site/new_start.shtml
- Nick
BlueMoment.Com
http://www.bluemoment.com
Now at
http://www.leisureowners.org.uk/new_site/new_start.shtml
- Nick
BlueMoment.Com
http://www.bluemoment.com
Rob_Webb
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Re: Leisure 29 - specifically ?
I've literally just bought a 1979 Leisure 27 - I don't know if my first impressions will be of any use given your interest in a 29' but just in case here they are (note that some of my comments draw comparison with Westerlies which I have also previously sailed/owned):
- Very good accommodation for size and age
- Nice use of wodd donw below compared to acres of plastic visible in some older plastic boats
- Similarly pleasing appearance for a 23 year old plastic tub - there are much worse looking newer boats around in my view
- Sailing ability pleasantly sharp for it's age, probably at it's best up to F4
- Construction solid enough but probably one degree below some Westerlies I have owned (Centaur, Berwick) - would think twice before voluntarily leaving the Solent in F6+, especially for any significant upwind sailing - this may be a bit unfair and I may change my views in time.
- Position of stern mooring cleats not ideal (nowhere near corner of boat)
- Wish that inner and outer shrouds were anchored at different parts of the deck and not in a combined unit - this is related to my earlier reservation about setting out into heavy weather where I am reliant on a very small area of the GRP structure to hold the mast up in a blow.
- Helm a little heavier than expected (again, comparing with Westerlies)
- Turning circle under power not as tight as expected (again, comparing to Westerlies!).
Hope this helps a bit.
Rob Webb.
I've literally just bought a 1979 Leisure 27 - I don't know if my first impressions will be of any use given your interest in a 29' but just in case here they are (note that some of my comments draw comparison with Westerlies which I have also previously sailed/owned):
- Very good accommodation for size and age
- Nice use of wodd donw below compared to acres of plastic visible in some older plastic boats
- Similarly pleasing appearance for a 23 year old plastic tub - there are much worse looking newer boats around in my view
- Sailing ability pleasantly sharp for it's age, probably at it's best up to F4
- Construction solid enough but probably one degree below some Westerlies I have owned (Centaur, Berwick) - would think twice before voluntarily leaving the Solent in F6+, especially for any significant upwind sailing - this may be a bit unfair and I may change my views in time.
- Position of stern mooring cleats not ideal (nowhere near corner of boat)
- Wish that inner and outer shrouds were anchored at different parts of the deck and not in a combined unit - this is related to my earlier reservation about setting out into heavy weather where I am reliant on a very small area of the GRP structure to hold the mast up in a blow.
- Helm a little heavier than expected (again, comparing with Westerlies)
- Turning circle under power not as tight as expected (again, comparing to Westerlies!).
Hope this helps a bit.
Rob Webb.
