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I came accross this recently but haven’t researched it.
Boatless in Fort Lauderdale.
I went to the dark side and started selling MY’s. I sold Hatteras in MD and moved here to do the same.
Now that things have slowed down a bit, I have been toying with the idea of another 424 or maybe a 365.
Best.
If you end up needing a glass guy on the Eastern Shore, I used a guy named Liderman when I was up there. His number was 443-562-4791 I have been gone from there for about four years so this info is a bit dated.
Congratulations on Easy Reach. When I was selling sailboats in Annapolis she was raffled off by the folks who had completed their round the world trip. The woman who won the raffle didn’t want a boat aftterall so she put her on the market and I sold her to a couple from upstate NY. I remember being aboard Thanksgiving 1990 sailing in Annapolis with a turkey baking in the oven.
Seven years later they traded her on a Pearson 53 to a private party who then sold her to another NY couple and I lost track of her after that. I guess she ended up in NJ?
I myself was the second owner of #67. She was in Boothbay, ME win I bought her and I kept her in Boston as a liveaboard. She was named Moonraker by the first owner and I did not change it. I sold her before I moved to MD.
Small world.
Best of luck.
Chris
I suppose some folks over the years might have converted their ketches and cutters to sloop rigs which would also account for the different mast placements.
Rich, I didn’t know that the ketch came in two heights. Why do you say that the sloop would not be your first choice?
Rod, how do you like the extended boom? How did it affect your boats performance?
A tall sloop rig with an extended boom and a 135 is what I have been thinking of doing. That would be pretty easy to handle but I don’t know if that combination would make the boat more tender?
Thanks again for all the input. I believe that the cutter mast is just almost 3’ taller than the ketch mast. Because there is no mizzen on the cutter, the mast is moved back aft a little. From the exterior, the cutter mast looks almost one port back. From the interior, the ketch mast comes down at the forward end of the drop leaf table. On the cutter, the mast comes down through the aft end of the drop leaf table.
What is confusing to me is why wouldn’t the sloop mast, if it is the same height as the cutter mast, not also be moved aft?
Madsailor, not sure if you said that right. Ketch mast and sloop mast look to be in the same spot. Cutter mast is aft of those.
From the photos I have seen the booms look the same length?
I will try and figure out how to post a photo here and show you some examples.
Interesting.
Patrick, thanks for the welcome. I am pretty familiar with this boats, “A” layout with and without the forward toilet, “B” layout with the forward enclosed head and “C” layout with the single companionway, enclosed aft cabin and two heads, all either ketch or cutter.
BUT, the rare sloops that I have seen appear to have the mast in the same place as the ketch so I assume the same height? My concern is that mast placement would mean the shorter stick which would seem to be kind of slow?
Did Pearson actually make a sloop or were they owner modified ketches?
Thanks again.
