Privateer 20. any good

[pcatterall]

Looking to down size to a trailer sailer and have seen one of these advertised.
Has any one owned one ( or know one) Any comments? any points to watch for? any ideas of the price range?
Thanks guys (as ever)

 

[misterg]

(Just checking you've seen this thread)

Andy

 

[corkonian1]

Is it the same as these , looks similar
http://www.shipmate.org.uk/

 

[Rum_Pirate]

I would suggest a friend ship sloop like this

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/12744916-FRIENDSHIP-SLOOP-(GAFF-CUTTER).html

CLASS/TYPE: FRIENDSHIP SLOOP (GAFF CUTTER)
DIMENSIONS: LOA: 37’00” LOD: 27’6” BEAM:9’00” DRAFT: 4’6”
BUILDER: HASLARS (JERSEY)
YEAR: CIRCA 1978
CONSTRUCTION: KAHAY PLANK ON OAK FRAMES
HULL/KEEL: LONG KEEL
LYING: RAMSGATE MARINA
PRICE: £15,000.00

I love the design, but then I love gaff rigged yachts.

Another one:

http://marinedirectory.ybw.com/boat/new/boat_details1.jsp?id=45989&curr_id=1

 

[David_Jersey]

I would suggest a friend ship sloop like this

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/12744916-FRIENDSHIP-SLOOP-(GAFF-CUTTER).html

I was tempted to buy her a couple of years back (but sense prevailed - my maintenance skills / motivation not anywhere close ). A subsequent owner fell off her, and drowned.

 

[Rum_Pirate]

Do you have any more information or a site link.

 

[pcatterall]

Thanks for the responses guys.
No, it is not black pig although that name sounds familier ( I'll have to trawl back to see where I saw it)
No, it is not the similar little yacht pictured, the Privateer has the outboard in a well which is a feature that I wanted.
No, that friendship looks great but I am trying to cut down on work!!
I have seen a Privateer with a gaff rig and she looked really nice.
Thanks again

 

[MisterBen]

It depends what you want to do with it. I owned one from 1980-83, our first boat bigger than a dinghy, and it gave my family absolutely enormous pleasure. A second home! With friends we coast-hopped from North Wales to Salcombe and back, where my wife and two small sons twice lived on board (anchored close off Ditch End and thus handy for the loos) for 4-week stretches. Friends also helped me sail her from Salcombe to Lezardrieux and back, something I wouldn't do now for a very large bet. So lots of happy memories but you want to know about practical points:

1. Well over 50% of cruising progress was courtesy of the 4hp outboard stuck in the well - but is that ratio any different from any coastal cruising boat?

2. She was a bit of a pig to sail, though looking lovely with the gaff cutter rig. Desperate weather helm which I wasn't clever enough to fix, always down by the head, it seemed that the drop keel was placed too far forward, and the two foresails just weren't big enough.

3. Primitive internally - only sitting headroom, very little storage (the porta-potti housing had to be used for food, hence bucket & chuck it), but the 2-burner gas stove did the job ok.

4. The lifting keel always seemed about to jam, though never actually did so.

In short, you have to realise the limitations but if you get half as much fun as we did you will do well. Good Luck!

Ben.

 

[pcatterall]

real info at last !! many thanks.

 

[ningcompoop]

on't know if you've seen this - Yahoo Privateers Group: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/privateer20/