Another boat for Mickey

[John B]

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/7/6/5/7/1765711_22.jpg?1188083284000

http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/photoGallery.jsp?;jsessionid=dy0euu3qLC4g?access=P ublic&currency=NZD&listing_id=1741&units=Feet&boat_id=1765711&back=boatDetail.jsp&boat_id=1765711

Go on, you know you want to.......

[Paul Pless]

The winged keel design makes this one of the most modern and fastest 12 Meters ever built. she looks it too:rolleyes:

[bamamick]

lol. Thanks, John. What a reputation I must have.

Is that the boat that had the canard on it? I can't remember too many Mull 12's and I thought that they had changed the underbody on that one to a more conventional configuration.

12's are making a bit of a comeback and you can find the odd duck like that one for a song, but unless I had a million dollar budget I wouldn't even consider it. Heck, these days you can't even find enough friends to sail a three man boat without some trouble. I can just imagine getting together 12 people (and how much it would cost in today's dollars). I will pass, but if someone else wanted to buy it I would volunteer to let them take me out on it sometime.

Mickey Lake

[ron ll]

Remember, these things only had to last a year or two. They really weren't built for longevity. :)

[bamamick]

No, I disagree with that. They were built to Lloyd's standards and you'd be amazed at the percentage of 12's that are still around and healthy. A lof people forget that the 12's have been around 100 years and were only drafted into the America's cup races in the late '50's (iirc). That boat has a somewhat checkered past but with some investment and the right crew I am positive that it could be a fun and effective racer.

It's a little outside of my ballpark, but I would sincerely love to drive one of those upwind for awhile, just the once. Too bad the Swedes weren't successful with the tiller. That would have been awesome.

Mickey Lake

[rbgarr]

http://molnar-marine.com/us49-4sale.html

[Paul Pless]

Some sanding and long-boarding

that's my favorite line in the ad

[Jay Greer]

I crewed on "Newsboy" ("Easterner") for many years. The boat went aground on the jetty at LA Yacht Club and pounded for three days before being floated off. She survived a cradle collapse during a haul out as well as a honking galley fire. The boat is still sailing! A credit to her builders and fine materials used in her construction.
Jay

[Concordia...41]

Go on, you know you want to.......

So am I the only one that thinks John smuggles bottles into AA meetings??? :p

[John B]

if I have to feel the pain of multiple hull syndrome ,then........

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[John B]

Hey Paul! PAUL.. She's still speaking to us after all!:D

[Don Z.]

Remember, these things only had to last a year or two. They really weren't built for longevity. :)

NO NO NO NO NO...

The rule for metre boats encourages longevity. Mickey has it, built to Lloyd's A1.

The 8 that did well this year was a 1987 boat... Hollandia, built specifically for the World's in '05 was chasing her all over the place!

[Don Z.]

Wasn't that Tom Blackaller's boat in '87? Third after the third Round Robin. A fairly fast boat. The hardware shown is worth probably more than the asking price.

Then again, that's the logic that got me where I am with Octavia

[ron ll]

NO NO NO NO NO...

The rule for metre boats encourages longevity. Mickey has it, built to Lloyd's A1.



I stand corrected. I just remember seeing (one of the) Stars and Stripes when it was in Lake Union several years ago and I was surprised to see that a lot of the rigging and hardware was not stainless and already badly rusted. I don't remember, was Stars and Stripes a 12?