New Cabin Cruiser from Seaway Boats

Ain't it fun to dream! We love Daydream (and I love Crabby Lou for that matter), but we both think a Nordic 32 would be the cat's meow...but realistically, we have everything we need right now, and it would be a waste of family resources. But like I say, ain't it fun to dream!
 
Pat: It is indeed fun to dream! I read every issue of Passagemaker magazine virtually from cover to cover, including the SkipperCress glossy ad. As I've researched, though, I've found an inverse relationship between boat size and frequency of use. You just don't take an 85' steel trawler out for a day cruise. We really do have everything we need. I may bareboat charter a Nordic some day for a cruise up the Inside Passage and back. Cheers! Mike.
 
I saw and touched a Seaway 24 Offshore in Miami . They are doing a very good job with those boats .Harry Farmer is the builder. True downeast style hull with hard chine [as opposed to Rosborough soft chine] Fit and finish was very good , very efficient , shallow draft. The full cabin boat is not done yet , but Im sure will appeal to some more than others . I do love the conspiracy theory though! Thanks Byrdman! Variety is the spice of life !
Marc
 
Nice boats! In this displacment range I often thought the Cape Dory 28 Cruiser (w/o the flybridge) would be a good candidate. Of course they're used, but you can get a similar layout in a well-built boat for not too much money. Here's one on yachtworld listed for $40K.

http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1500793/0

It even has a steadying sail rig so I guess it might qualify as a motorsailer!

Mike
 
That's a great looking boat! :thup

Mike, you better take a close look at the other pictures. I think the sail/steadying rig you mention may belong to the sailboat behind the Cape Dory in the first picture!! :lol:

Charlie
 
starcrafttom":2c7bmr1f said:
Well heres the next boat if susan gets her way, but we have to take a drive on one.
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Tom, it's hard to believe that little outboard will drive a big boat that fast! Why, it doesn't even look like the prop is in the water!! :disgust

Charlie
 
Hi Charlie,
If you look at photo 12 under full specs you can see the rig. It looks pretty cool. I'm not sure if the link below will come through OK. If not click on the "Full Specs" button and check out Photo 12. It isn't shown in many of the other images, and I have no idea where one would stow it.

Mike
 
As an old sailor-boy, I researched the Cape Dory 28 (amongst a gazillion other potentials) before deciding on our CD-25. Cape Dorys are well thought of in the sailing community. Too much of a beast to tow, but would be an interesting small in-the-water trawler type. I still run into sailors who think C-Dory is a shortening of the name Cape Dory. I patiently explain that, "no, they are different companies, different parts of the country, totally different premises."

Remember the first gas crunch in the early 70s? Small sailboat makers came out of the woodwork as people abandoned powerboating. Some companies, like Bayliner, delved into sailboats (with varying degrees of success and aesthetics). :wink: The discussion of the Cape Dory 28 and a stay sail still makes me think that C-Dory (the factory) might consider a motorsailor... other manufacturers (like Nimble) had success with a hull design that was used for a motorsailor as well as a small trawler.

If gas prices (or supplies) were to keep me from running Wild Blue as much as I want, I'd consider a motorsailor.

Best wishes,
Jim

PS If you want to see a beautiful, lengthy restoration of a Nimble, here's a like to the site of my buddy Ray's boat, Seaweed. What a job!

http://seaweed.thebilge.com/
 
MikeMac":39omnm4h said:
Hi Charlie,
If you look at photo 12 under full specs you can see the rig. It looks pretty cool. I'm not sure if the link below will come through OK. If not click on the "Full Specs" button and check out Photo 12. It isn't shown in many of the other images, and I have no idea where one would stow it.

Mike
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You are quite correct! :oops: I stand corrected. Bet it "sails" like a pig!! Or an elephant?? :lol:


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Bet you could get a heck of a wifi or VHF signal from the top of that puppy though!! :wink:

Charlie
 
MikeMac - PLEASE go back and edit that gawd-awful long URL that is causing the whole thread to be out of whack! There are several threads that explain how to do it!
 
Pat Anderson":273a9y9y said:
MikeMac - PLEASE go back and edit that gawd-awful long URL that is causing the whole thread to be out of whack! There are several threads that explain how to do it!
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I took care of it...

And in MikeMac's defense...this really is a limitation of the software we use here. Sure, it's nice when folks make "pretty links", but it's far from intuitive if one hasn't done it before.

Newer versions of bulletin board software, automatically trim the visible portions of a long link. We'll get there some day...
 
The Cape Dory 28 is an attractive boat but with the diesel engine six inches under your feet it is probably pretty loud while underway.
Outboards do have their advantages.
 
Pat,
I'm sorry for my poor link etiquette. I'll try to be more careful in the future.

Bill,
Thanks for cleaning up my mess.

Milehog,
How true. In fact I was out on a chilly (for Houston) day last week and I had forgotten how quiet the C-Dory is with the cabin bulkhead door closed.
 
The main thing to remember about "pretty" links is that they all begin and end as follows:



The first thing you have to is insert the web address of the site after the equal sign in the first bracket.
The second thing you do is insert, between the two sets of brackets, the word or words that you want to appear as a hotlink in your message.

In the following example, I use { instead of [ so that the link will not be active.

{ulr=www.united.com}buy plane tickets{/url}

If done correctly with the square brackets, this will appear is follows:

buy plane tickets
 
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