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The 15 is a great boat, but she’s a little tight for sleeping aboard. I must say that @PadrePoint has a tent that he has pitched on his 15. He’s about 6’-2”, too! Maybe he’ll share a photo here of his tent setup.

Hawk had a Sea Pearl, and sold it to buy this CS17. He is disenchanted with all the reefing lines on the CS17– too complicated for him. He missed the simplicity of the Sea Pearl. He bought another Sea Pearl. Moral of the story— Save your breath. He’s selling a beautiful boat. Let’s help him get rid of it, and into the hands of someone who will love it.

I am part of the supporting member too, or at least I got a receipt for it, which I don't see any ads. But I show the hidden post designation and I cannot add any faces and have not heard anything relating to the few posts I have tried to provide. Maybe I have my own shadow ban taking place. Oh well,

I saw it. Guess it wasn't hidden very well.

this article should be linked in a post selling a boat, it convinced me to buy first a sea pearl and then a core sound: https://bandbyachtdesigns.com/blog/why-a-cat-ketch/

Hawk, I don’t know exactly how to use this to market your boat, but what attracted me to the Core Sound was the rig. Just move the tiller to tack or jibe. And it’s quick to launch and recover with its freestanding masts. No gin poles and stays and extra hands and an hour lost. And in a light breeze at the end of the day it glides off into the sunset wing and wing as smoothly as any boat ever will.

That oar solution is very slick.

If I were you, I’d consider taking only oars on my first EC. Get the “lay of the land” (water) before doing anything extreme. If you swing by here on your way down, I’ll loan you some 9-1/2’ Concept II bantams. They have big blades and carbon fiber shafts. Also, I might find myself in FL about that time. I could take them with me. IMG_8217.mov

List on the Town Dock. It might seem like a local paper( Oriental, NC), but it has a wide readership. I had some serious nibbles when selling my Bay River Skiff. https://towndock.net

Hello Hawk 232, So I have a thread seeking feedback on CS 15vs17 and am considering a 17. A few pointed out that there are a few beautiful examples for sale - like yours. I am sharing why, for me, this is less attractive. Big reason for me is I want to enjoy the build as much as sailing. My Shellback is my 3rd boat. Prior to were commercial fiberglass. I sold each FG boat for what I paid after years of ownership. Even with builders out of business buyers can read reviews and look for certain known flaws (ex "Catalina smile"). With private builders this is more of a crapshoot. I was considering a different wooden boat, one was available local and buried deep in his blog I saw mentioned of "exterior ply vs marine ply". Not the case w/ yours - just suggesting that craftmanship usually exceeds a commercial build with these but occasionally not so much. I can read about the sailing merits of a CS17 and apply that to all. Builder merits are individual. Again, not your boat. Alan was right about spreading the net wide. You can still post in Craigslist in any city you wish. I would blanket my region. Both my buyers for the FG boats were out of state. One even sent a surveyor for a 14' West Wight Potter to my garage. Water tribe and wooden boats sites are also a great idea because the design & designer is well known and well respected. And I drove ten hours for my Shellback from a Craigslist add. With Craigslist you are dealing more with general public who cringe when they hear "wooden boat." If you have it coated with epoxy or sheathed in FG you may wish to use "composite" and mention "low maintenance." Be prepared to say that wood inside fiberglass is pretty common. Better yet, link to an article or two so people can self-educate. Core Sound should ring like Cor-Vette but people outside of our circle don't know. You do a good job with showing the boat afloat. It sends a vibe that the boat is well loved and not neglected. My fav boat ad of the month is for an Islander 36. They show a sunset shot with grill in foreground. I really wanted to be right there sipping a cold one flipping a burger after a day w/ friends and family. Of course other photos show the merits of the boat I look for and need stats. Will it fit in my garage. Can I tow it - and don't use the salty term "displacement" - use trailer weight! Can I bring the whole family plus the dog. The lockers on a CS 17 are cavernous! This is a selling point for me. The Core Sounds attract me because of speed and relative ease of sailing. Think about what set the boat aside for you. Be sure to mention it. There are more than a few events coming up this summer where you may be able to make a weekend of it and slap on a fore sale sign. I shared that I sold my FG boats for what I paid. I doubt that will happen with the Shellback. She is still sharp, I can freshen her up a bit with paint. I paid the original owner/builder his asking price and never looked back. When I sail out the channel the fishermen stop what they are doing and watch, giving a shy wave. They do not do that for the Hunter, Catalina & O'Days

Got the rest of the Stbd side planking on today, used single layer of epoxy/cabsil with 3/16 v-notch, got enough squeeze out to prove we have a decent amount of material between layers. Bought some new washers as the old ones were getting a little grubby. Used about 450 screws and washers....I know, cuz thats all we had. 71 planks on the Stbd side all together, attached 15 thru 35 today, made three batches (1000resin/500hardner gram + approx 3 quarts cabosil) to attach those 20 planks.

Hi Joe, hope your project is going well, yea, with the cabinets already installed ( wanted the structure of the cabinetry to help spread the load) and the boarding platform on the rear kinda hard to figure a reasonable way to turn it over. We had 4 guys and 1 lady, took about 30 minutes start to finish to flip it over. Been sailing a few days but plan on starting glassing the bottom soon. Got a killer deal on 7 “kits” of Coppercoat so want to complete the bottom before going back upright. The bow is so tall, angled and slick so I am fabricating scaffolding to complete the forward 4-5 feet of the bow area.

Great to see your progress Jay. Looks like you used a different technique for the flip. You and Carol are amazing!

Very true. Especially for "homemade sailboats" you're going up against the used small sailboat market which it flooded with old plastic boats that have nearly infinite lifespan and just keep getting recycled. I'm pretty sure every single Hobie 16 that is still sailing has changed hands at least 2 or 3 times for example. So you need not only someone looking for a used sailboat but someone looking specifically for a Core Sound 17.

I forget your (salt) water doesn't freeze!

I just have a hard time putting a hole in the boat to add the mirage drive. Would it slow the boat down or change the water flow detrimentally? Plus, I like paddling. I'd consider the drive though if it'd be faster!

Hobie makes a Mirage 360 drive that rotates. I guess you can install it in whatever orientation you want and change the rotation to accomodate your preferred seating location. It kicks up as well. I've used the regular drives a lot, and I really like them, but I've always been suspicious of the fancier drives with reverse, kick up, and now rotation. The drive is over $1K, which limits my enthusiasm for just going out and getting one for experimentation.

Here are a couple of examples of mark3’s with no britework taken at past B&B messabouts. IMG_0692.mov

I think there's a limited number of people who want a specific type of boat, especially wood sailboats. It can take years to find the right buyer for something out of the mainstream. Sometimes you have to decide if you have the option of hanging onto something until you find the right buyer, or if you have to sell within a specific timeframe. I used to wait, but these days, once I decide to sell something, I sell it for whatever the market will bear. Another issue is that buyers sometimes confuse price and value, and just want the lowest possible price. "I saw one once on xxx.com and it was only $2, so yours can't be worth more than that." I try not to deal with those sorts.

Andy B said "It's still cold up north. It's hard to think about sailing yet." In New Hampshire Frosty Fleet 9 (can be found on Facebook) sails all winter on Sunday. Show up with a dry suit and any one of us will let you jump in their boat for one of the races.

I reposted this to the watertribe fb group. hopefully you get someone interested.

My two cents. It's still cold up north. It's hard to think about sailing yet. Most importantly, FB marketplace is local. You're limiting your market to those within a few hundred miles, at best. Consider Sailing Texas (not just for TX), classifies on this sight, wooden boat magazine, small craft advisor, small boats nation, and anything else you can find. Take out the comment about the dings--of course it has dings, it's an 8 year old boat. Don't undersell it. And what Tim said is true. Sadly these boats don't sell for what they should.

A lot of people think they can build their own boat. Have it exactly what they want and do it for less cost than you are asking. You should tell any prospective buyer that 100 hours of their time = 100 x $70.00 = $7,000 and they might see your boat is a bargain. They will say I work for less than $70/hour and you ask, can you build this in less than 100 hours? I did not notice your boat in the Classifieds

Whats up with that when I attempted to post on the painting trim topic. Posted just now · Hidden Don't listen to Alan, in particular. There is nothing wrong with contrasting painted color trim. Anyone that gives you grief about painting your trim, get a lawyer to do a contract that they will maintain the varnish as a "ten" as long as you own the boat. Painting has been a standard practice long ago before everyone went all "gotta have two part paints, solar panels, fiberglass over wood, and outboard motors to get away from the dock " sailboats. If you do not want hardwood varnish finish work, then just use teak and let it grey out. Studies have found that you will get decades of trouble free use from this practice.

Posted just now · Hidden Don't listen to Alan, in particular. There is nothing wrong with contrasting painted color trim. Anyone that gives you grief about painting your trim, get a lawyer to do a contract that they will maintain the varnish as a "ten" as long as you own the boat. Painting has been a standard practice long ago before everyone went all "gotta have two part paints, solar panels, fiberglass over wood, and outboard motors to get away from the dock " sailboats. If you do not want hardwood varnish finish work, then just use teak and let it grey out. Studies have found that you will get decades of trouble free use from this practice. [spoken in the spirit or razzing and approval, no emojis allowed for my post]