Found a 1971 SouthCoast 22 sitting in a side yard off the Monocacy river in MD several years ago and could not leave her to rot. called the owner about two weeks after seeing her to be told he finally got the energy to drag the flat tired trailer up to the wheelhouses by the main road to be scavenged and eventually towed away. When I found her she was completely intact save for sails. This year after several on and off again years of repair, she will see the water again for the first time in over thirty years. The Chesapeak bay will be her home.
A million dollars worth of fun❤❤❤ smart conversion. I was wondering if you kept the swing keel or glassed it up? I'm getting ready to do the same thing, no more sailing for me just putt around and enjoy.
I wonder....just because sailboats are designed to sail and often times are more stable when keeled over faster too.... This is like the guy that took the truck body and put it backwards on the frame and drove it around. Like if it's for kicks and gigs sure. But creagslist has some pretty cheap motor boats just a thought
I recently bought a 23ft catalina sail boat that im gonna do a major over haul on. the catalina doesnt have a dedicated bathroom so ill be making one and raising the ceiling roughly a foot higher and frog nosing the front of her and adding a small wheel house with a small inboard diesel motor once it's all complete ill be heading to international waters on the flemish cap for a trip
I've always wanted a boat to camp out in overnight. My Macgregor 26 allows me to do that but I have no desire to sail. Any time I take it out, I just motor. I got the boat and trailer from a friend at a great price. I can't afford to buy a trawler or cabin cruiser, but I want to be on the water. I live in Michigan where you can only use a boat during summer months. I'm not interested in speed. The 9.9hp Mercury uses very little fuel. The boat has water ballast and a pull up keel. I see no reason to be concerned about it being stable, I only go out in the calmest weather on Lake Erie or the Detroit River. These are some of the reasons why I want to remove the mast and just motor. I'm storing the sails, mast, etc., in the event I want to eventually sell it as a sailboat. Just my thoughts.
You could spend 3 minutes explaining your idea and it would to me be more informative than canned music. love the boat btw...all weekend on 20 bucks..love it
Even at 22' of boat my mast is too tall for a lot of smaller bridges and while I can step mine, it's really tough to do on the water so when I'm just putting around or fishing, I leave it at home. I do have a mini mast for my antenna with a running light that's just about 4' and bolts right to my mast base which is handy.@@shanelassiterislandcastawa2374
Excellent! Much more fun, nicer and more practical than 90% of the boats I see on the lake or want ads. And at 10% of the cost - you must have an IQ of 150! I mounted a patio chair on the deck of my 21' sail/solar boat - it's the best seat in the house ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GDU2YbK0Sms.html
you're motoring along very well! How many horsepower do you have? I'm suprized the little girl didn't ring the bell. Post another video 'keep on boatin'
That, my friend, is a Cool Boat. I'm in the middle of re-fitting a 21' sailboat to run on solar power/trolling motor The panels provide shade. I fitted a patio chair to the front deck - it's Great. I want to rig up a steering wheel like you have - Much nicer than a tiller., Here's a couple of short videos showing my build & running 'keep on boatin' ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CMlKXfYUdzY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GDU2YbK0Sms.html
i´m about to do the same thing to my 22 ft. sailboat.. she have been run aground the last time she was in the water, 2-3 years ago, and had suffered some damage to her hull, and her keel and mast are removed so i god some fiberglass work to do first. Playing with the thought of putting a waterjet in. but year i would like to know stable yours are.
Aquarius 21 is very stable with centerboard up and no mast. Only problem is with board up in high wind and no way on they will slide across the water. Need to let the center board down until under way then pick it up.
