Mardi Gras. Hull #53, asking $1750.

My boat is a 1966.  Old, but racers say they're a bit lighter that the later boats.

I bought her for $1,350 and put a few grand into her. But if I found her a good, loving home, I would be really, really flexible on price.  (Have considered donating her to my friend's nonprofit.)  Mostly I would just want to see her well-maintained and racing! Bonus bargaining points if you're just getting into sailing, or if you plan to keep her engineless.

I've moved to Port Townsend, Washington, and finding a slip up here is proving harder than I thought. Bottom line is she's a good little boat for less that some folks pay for a bicycle.  :-)

Previous owner replaced the standing rigging and chainplates, and painted the hull royal blue.

I replaced nearly all the running rigging: halyards, sheets, etc, with REALLY nice line.  I also rigged her for spinnaker, including tapered sheets, a new pole, and ratcheting ball-bearing harken blocks.  I added all the "toys" from Steve Seals: compression post for mast, barney post for mainsheet, reinforcing sleeve for boom, etc.  I also replaced the traveller with a slick ball-bearing Harken unit.  I got one of Seals' "bridge" organizers and led all lines back to Spinlock mini-clutches.  Halyards go back too, and I added a prefeeder so I can raise the main from the cockpit.  (although with boltrope instead of slugs (as racers say is faster) I usually have to go forward to reef and drop the main.

Current sails are fine for cruising, but to be uber-competive in racing I would make a trip to Pineapple Sails.  :-)  I have an 80% storm jib, class 120% jib, and 155% genoa, an old crappy symmetrical spinnaker, and a newer asymmetrical for bringing her home in light air.

I sail engineless, so I rigged oarlocks which fit in the top of the winches, and sturdy whitewater rafting oars of the correct length.

Project List:

- to make their boats lighter, a lot of racers remove pulpits and lifelines.

- engine, if that's your kinda thing.  I love the challenge and light weight of sailing engineless.  folks say that 3hp to 5hp is more than plenty to move the boat.

- I did ZERO cosmetic work.  The paint on the deck and cabin is rough.  The teak is grey.  I always secretly liked having a "sleeper" that looked like a beater but could stomp all over newer & bigger boats.  Your aesthetics may vary.  :-)

- there is no electric system.  I ripped out the old system and bad battery.  I just used AA-battery-powered LEDs for light weight, but if you're sailing a lot at night it might be good to wire up a 12V battery.

Let me know if you're interested, and I can arrange to have someone meet you, or you can simply walk to the end of A dock in Grand Marina and take a look for yourself.

Let me know if you're interested!

- Ari

cell: 510-290-6329