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I have very recently acquired a Foxcub 18...here's some general info. I will likely be looking to members of this forum for some advice as I get the Mary Dear ready for the water. Here's some general info on the boat...

Just back from Burin with the Mary Dear in tow...an absolutely lovely, unbelievably well-maintained '79 Super Foxcub 18. She's been in dry storage for over a decade...even the teak trim is in perfect shape! The main, jib and genoa are in excellent condition, apart from a few specks of mildew on a very small area on two of them...and I do mean a very few specks. Everything else in the boat's inventory is absolutely shipshape, including one of the best road trailers I've ever seen.

She was bought to Newfoundland in 1979 by a master mariner who operated a successful shipping company, with several coastal freighters serving ports throughout the island and Labrador for many decades. He purchased her new in England after doing considerable research on various Brit boats in that class, had her shipped across the Atlantic, and sailed her for several years; a son then used her for several more, and she's been stored in the basement of a brother's summer home ever since.
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Thank you, Simon...I have checked out the Yahoo group, but it seems pretty inactive...there is a more lively Facebook group for the Foxcub. A quick search on this forum has yielded some contacts...
 
A great little boat and will provide a lot of pleasure. Especially with a nice little cabin for shelter or even camping overnight.
Only problem is that it might lead you to want something bigger.
I have seen one but that was along time ago in Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately this one was terribly damaged by either having the weight all taken by the keel or by being dropped on the keel because the hull had failed leaving the keel up inside the cabin. (horrible) Perhaps a design weakness or rough treatment just be careful. It was being repaired with lots of epoxy and glass. good luck olewill
 
William_H said:
A great little boat and will provide a lot of pleasure. Especially with a nice little cabin for shelter or even camping overnight.
Only problem is that it might lead you to want something bigger.
I have seen one but that was along time ago in Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately this one was terribly damaged by either having the weight all taken by the keel or by being dropped on the keel because the hull had failed leaving the keel up inside the cabin. (horrible) Perhaps a design weakness or rough treatment just be careful. It was being repaired with lots of epoxy and glass. good luck olewill
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Please allow me the questionable honour of being the first to warn you that you are in grave peril…of wanting more. It all starts with a little boat… it’s way too late for you now, I do hope you realize that. You’re already even making plans .
 
Re the 2 foot-itis...been there, done that many moons ago...let go of a Ballerina II sloop to get a Whitby Folkboat - an Alberg 25, and discovered that bigger boats equal bigger headaches, bigger gear and bigger bills. Been out of sailing for several decades, after children sent us into canoeing and later sea kayaks. Been itching to have a go at sailing again for a few years, and determined that I wanted a small, easily handled, affordable boat that could be trailered. Got lucky, found myself a real dandy in A-1 shape for a very reasonable price. Hope to use it for fair-weather day sailing and overnights in a lovely inshore cruising area near Newfoundland's Terra Nova National Park.
 
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