FullCircle
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Easy, the Evo will be round the buoy and away before the Andersons get there......
lift keel boats - what are they like drying out regularly and any problems
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Easy, the Evo will be round the buoy and away before the Andersons get there......
tyce
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Enough with the Andersons please, its making the thread unreadable.
A boat actually in your size range choices i can think of are-
Super Seal 26- cheapish
Parker 27- little bit more but nicer.
Parker 275- little bit more again but nicer.
Evolution 26 / 25 - nice fast boats and cheap
Hunter delta 25 - nice fast boat and cheap.
I have racing experience and cruising experience on the Parker 27 and Hunter Delta, both beautiful boats to own race and sail. Final choice is down to budget but if you can stretch for a seal or parker then you wont be dissapointed. All take the ground on a daily basis with no issue as long as common sense is applied and you wont lean over like you do on some pretend lift keelers.
Or of course you could by an Anderson 26 and watch everyone sail into the distance.
A boat actually in your size range choices i can think of are-
Super Seal 26- cheapish
Parker 27- little bit more but nicer.
Parker 275- little bit more again but nicer.
Evolution 26 / 25 - nice fast boats and cheap
Hunter delta 25 - nice fast boat and cheap.
I have racing experience and cruising experience on the Parker 27 and Hunter Delta, both beautiful boats to own race and sail. Final choice is down to budget but if you can stretch for a seal or parker then you wont be dissapointed. All take the ground on a daily basis with no issue as long as common sense is applied and you wont lean over like you do on some pretend lift keelers.
Or of course you could by an Anderson 26 and watch everyone sail into the distance.
tyce
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Another advantage of the Seal and Parker 27 are you and a mate can easily lift out the keel by hand with the aid of a halyard and do any maintenance on it at your leisure, i did this every year.
Seajet
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A, no more mention of Andersons than anything else and there is a point
B, you don't know what the hell you're talking about re the A26
B, you don't know what the hell you're talking about re the A26
tyce
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B, yes i do, i used to sail on one, good boats that make a good cruiser, you could race on handicap but they are in a different league to the ones i have mentioned. Dont take it all so personally, i was just trying to find a way through the fog of anderson posts. I used to do alot of sailing on the Anderson 22 and in later years against the Anderson 22 so i know them fairly well, there used to be 2 in my club but sadly they no longer race, however i admit they are fine boats.
cid
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Hi I have had a Jaguar 21 followed by a Hunter Delta and now a Kelt 8.50. All lift keels. The kelt is alot of boat for its size,take a look at one before you decide
steve350
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A Rival 32 appears from nowhere, surges past the Anderson 22, rounds the buoy and sails off into the distance.
TSB240
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Most of the boats being put forward are either ancient relics , rare and over priced .
I am looking at upgrading to a variable draft boat up to 34 foot long.
There is a much larger range of boats to choose from other than Engklish 80s produce.
A good start for the op would be to buy the latest PBO to get a much more unbiased and objective view of Lift Keelers available around the size that he is interested in.
In that article guess what all the beached boats are dried out on safely and without pit props to stop them falling over!
I am looking at upgrading to a variable draft boat up to 34 foot long.
There is a much larger range of boats to choose from other than Engklish 80s produce.
A good start for the op would be to buy the latest PBO to get a much more unbiased and objective view of Lift Keelers available around the size that he is interested in.
In that article guess what all the beached boats are dried out on safely and without pit props to stop them falling over!
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jcpa
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I'm certainly pleased with mine. She seems reasonably quick (PY was 1018). I can get into shallow berths when others have to wait for the tide. I don't have to worry too much about going aground (just winch up the keel a bit - it pivots). However, I'd still be careful on a lee shore - need some bite to get to windward. The keel weighs about 350kg, and she dries level on a cast iron grounding plate that weighs another 1150kg. And as long as the grounding plate stays bolted to the hull, the keel cannot fall through the slot - even if the pivot fails.
However, as I once posted in another thread....
My boat's lifting keel got jammed up with Portsmouth Harbour mud last year, despite leaving it a bit down so it would move with each occasional grounding. I wondered if that movement simply jammed the grit in further! I made many duck dives trying to slide an old saw between the keel and its slot - freeing many stones, but eventually it was using a lever between the keel and slot end that finally got the keel to drop.
I've now got a bit deeper mooring, about 1m below LAT, and all's fine!