Andy B

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/

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

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.

i'm not sure if this article will come through, it might be behind a paywall, but this author does that and his boats look great. https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/paint-and-varnish?utm_source=publication-search

Messabouts in the Mitten State! I am helping organize two small boat gatherings in Michigan. May 17 in Higgins Lake and September 5-7 in Muskegon. You can email me for information, or check out the "Dinghy Cruising the Americas" facebook page. Mark your calendars and make camp reservations now! blodgett.andy@gmail.com

i broke my hand last week. so instead of skiing i'm stuck in the rental binging EC content while it's 12 degrees out! thx for the updates and videos!

thanks for the updates and video and good luck!

Not a Core Sound, but a B&B Spindrift for sale. Brand new, $5,000. It's interesting that it's priced around where a lot of CS-17 boats are. https://sailingtexas.com/202401/spindrift9101.html

Paul, I can't remember the state of your boat build. Have you used the Spirit 1.0 for your CS-20.3? Does it push it along fine? If it does, it would certainly work for my 20.1, someday.

Two new boats listed this week. In Alabama is a CS-17.1 for a low price of $3,500. Pictures don't really show the level of quality, but it says the sails have been cleaned and it's recently been painted, and includes an outboard. https://mobile.craigslist.org/boa/d/elberta-core-sound-17-sailboat/7821966607.html In the PNW is a beautiful 17.3, fully outfitted, asking $14,000. I think it's owned by a forum regular but I can't place it. There are a ton of extra features on this boat! https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/boa/d/seattle-core-sound-17-cat-ketch/7822472233.html

Awesome, Paul, thanks!

Despite what a random rodent in Pennsylvania thinks, it will be spring some time in the near future. I need to get paint ordered, and I realize I have no idea how much I need. Does anyone have knowledge or even a guess at the surface area of the following? Topsides Deck Interior Mine is a CS-20 mark 1 (no cabin), but input from other CS models would at least get me in the ballpark.

Here are some photos of the tiller construction and finish:

A Huge Thank You to @Don Silsbe!!!!! I've met Don twice, once sailing with @PadrePoint and later when he drove a few hours to my house to help me sort out the CS-20.1 I had purchased sight unseen. Don is both a great builder and a generous person. This fall he messaged me that he was making a change to his tiller, to make it adjustable, and wondered if I was "interested" in him doing it for me. A few photos and videos, a drop off involving his daughter in Michigan and my parents in Florida, and I have a new tiller, just for the cost of the materials! Here's my public thanks to Don! PS--My rudder came along for the ride. Assuming it's original, that rudder has now lived in Colorado (prior home) and Michigan, and visited the PNW, Texas, and Florida! That's a lot of travel!

I saw that for sale back then. Everyone was drooling over the level of finish. Good luck!