Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s

Am I making mistakes searching? Thanks, Don

Nah. There just weren't that many of them. On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dc… [at] shoretel.com> wrote: > Am I making mistakes searching? > Thanks, > Don > >

What do you want or need to know about Cal 2-24's? They rate in speed about the same as a Cal 25, have a cast iron fin keel with a rectangular, wing shaped ballast bulb on the bottom. They have a narrow stern typical of IOR style boats, and a flat deck like the Cal 25, so, more head room in the V berth. I think they are nice boats. They also have a cut out in the stern for an outboard motor mount. Jerry --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Robert Thompson <ca… [at] gmail.com> wrote: From: Robert Thompson <ca… [at] gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 4:39 PM Nah. There just weren't that many of them. On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dc… [at] shoretel.com> wrote: > Am I making mistakes searching? > Thanks, > Don > >

I own a 1969 Cal 2-24 and had a tough time finding much info when I was researching it before buying it. I love the boat and have learned a bit along the way. As noted - what do you want or need to know? Gabriel --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Gerald Sobel <sobel_solar@...> wrote: > > What do you want or need to know about Cal 2-24's? They rate in speed about the same as a Cal 25, have a cast iron fin keel with a rectangular, wing shaped ballast bulb on the bottom. They have a narrow stern typical of IOR style boats, and a flat deck like the Cal 25, so, more head room in the V berth. I think they are nice boats. They also have a cut out in the stern for an outboard motor mount. > Jerry > > --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> wrote: > > From: Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 4:39 PM > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Nah. There just weren't that many of them. > > > > On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dcouchman@...> wrote: > > > Am I making mistakes searching? > > > Thanks, > > > Don > > > > > > >

Here is a site I found, but I don't see 2-24s on it. I think the 2-24 looks almost like a CAL 25 flat deck with one window missing. I remember seeing a few in CA, but I've never seen one on the Chesapeake. http://www.richardanderson.net/TechSavvy/CAL_BOATS.html Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of elmerbug Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 12:23 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s Am I making mistakes searching? Thanks, Don ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

If I remember right, the CAL 24 started out as a kit boat that the do it yourselfer could build/assemble in your back yard. The demands increased and they became a production boat. The original boat was a flush deck. The 2-24 came along with a raised cabin top, but the interior layout remained unchanged. I will have to check with one of our grey beards from the club, he seems to have bought one of the first boats, took it to the Caribbean and sailed it around for a couple of years with a family of 4. When he tells the story, he still has that sparkle in his eyes, remembering fun they had. It was before the tourist industry, he is in his eighties and still sails against Dennis Connor in the wooden boat classic on his home-built wooden design. We also have a 2-24 racing in our wet wednesday series Randy CAL 2-29 Out Patient Channel Islands ca From: gcruden <gc… [at] yahoo.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 7:56:21 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s I own a 1969 Cal 2-24 and had a tough time finding much info when I was researching it before buying it. I love the boat and have learned a bit along the way. As noted - what do you want or need to know? Gabriel --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Gerald Sobel <sobel_solar@...> wrote: > > What do you want or need to know about Cal 2-24's? They rate in speed about the >same as a Cal 25, have a cast iron fin keel with a rectangular, wing shaped >ballast bulb on the bottom. They have a narrow stern typical of IOR style boats, >and a flat deck like the Cal 25, so, more head room in the V berth. I think they >are nice boats. They also have a cut out in the stern for an outboard motor >mount. > Jerry > > --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> wrote: > > From: Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 4:39 PM > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Nah. There just weren't that many of them. > > > > On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dcouchman@...> wrote: > > > Am I making mistakes searching? > > > Thanks, > > > Don > > > > > > >

Randy and Gary, Thanks for the responses. I am starting a restoration, with sailing in between haul-outs. Keel bolts and bottom job are what is being done now. Biggest single question: crazed gelcoat all over the topside. I would like to get it right, for both aesthetic and functional reasons. Anyone with first-hand experience? Cheers, DON COUCHMAN Manager, Global TAC and Escalations (Technical Assistance Center) dc… [at] shoretel.com +1 (512)486-8410 Tel. [cid:image001.gif@01CB6950.8771BF70] "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Randy Alcorn Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:53 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 2-24s If I remember right, the CAL 24 started out as a kit boat that the do it yourselfer could build/assemble in your back yard. The demands increased and they became a production boat. The original boat was a flush deck. The 2-24 came along with a raised cabin top, but the interior layout remained unchanged. I will have to check with one of our grey beards from the club, he seems to have bought one of the first boats, took it to the Caribbean and sailed it around for a couple of years with a family of 4. When he tells the story, he still has that sparkle in his eyes, remembering fun they had. It was before the tourist industry, he is in his eighties and still sails against Dennis Connor in the wooden boat classic on his home-built wooden design. We also have a 2-24 racing in our wet wednesday series Randy CAL 2-29 Out Patient Channel Islands ca From: gcruden <gc… [at] yahoo.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 7:56:21 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s I own a 1969 Cal 2-24 and had a tough time finding much info when I was researching it before buying it. I love the boat and have learned a bit along the way. As noted - what do you want or need to know? Gabriel --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com<mailto:Cal_Boats%40yahoogroups.com>, Gerald Sobel <sobel_solar@...> wrote: > > What do you want or need to know about Cal 2-24's? They rate in speed about the same as a Cal 25, have a cast iron fin keel with a rectangular, wing shaped ballast bulb on the bottom. They have a narrow stern typical of IOR style boats, and a flat deck like the Cal 25, so, more head room in the V berth. I think they are nice boats. They also have a cut out in the stern for an outboard motor mount. > Jerry > > --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> wrote: > > From: Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com<mailto:Cal_Boats%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 4:39 PM > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Nah. There just weren't that many of them. > > > > On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dcouchman@...> wrote: > > > Am I making mistakes searching? > > > Thanks, > > > Don > > > > > > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are ShoreTel property, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited

Randy, I have one of the original kit boats, although, blessedly, she has a fiberglas vs. wooden foredeck hatch, stern hatch, companion way hatch board etc. as she is a later day kit. These are very classy boats with a traditional dog house and a wine glass convex stern. It's basically a "lowered" Lapworth 24, with a low aspect, cat boat/whale boat style keel plust pie slice centerboard to help give it more bite/ less side slip to windward If you go to the site which has sailboatdata you'll see the boat. The last of the Cal 24 originals were factory built, they re-arranged the V berth and mast mount set up, and have fiberglass supporting the salon berths. I just found out I have a little dry rot going on in my starboard wood holding up the berth. I will check out google and see if I can find some pagan curses I can make toward wood fungus to make the situation go away. The Cal24-2 came out a decade later, toatlly different design, in fact, it is the last of the flush deck Cals. The boat sequence for flat tops is: Gladiator, which is a flush deck Lapworth 24, Cal 28, Cal 25, Cal 24-2. Somewhere in there is the one flush deck Cal 40. Oh yeah, there is a Cal 24 quarter tonner which came out about the same time as the Cal half ton, which is a modified Cal 27 with a non rotating gun turret or pill box stuck on top of a flush deck. I think Bill was dabbling with Confederate and Civil war iron side styling when he designed some of these boats. Jerry --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Randy Alcorn <sa… [at] yahoo.com> wrote: From: Randy Alcorn <sa… [at] yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cal 2-24s To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 8:53 AM If I remember right, the CAL 24 started out as a kit boat that the do it yourselfer could build/assemble in your back yard. The demands increased and they became a production boat. The original boat was a flush deck. The 2-24 came along with a raised cabin top, but the interior layout remained unchanged. I will have to check with one of our grey beards from the club, he seems to have bought one of the first boats, took it to the Caribbean and sailed it around for a couple of years with a family of 4. When he tells the story, he still has that sparkle in his eyes, remembering fun they had. It was before the tourist industry, he is in his eighties and still sails against Dennis Connor in the wooden boat classic on his home-built wooden design. We also have a 2-24 racing in our wet wednesday series Randy CAL 2-29 Out Patient Channel Islands ca From: gcruden <gc… [at] yahoo.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 7:56:21 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s I own a 1969 Cal 2-24 and had a tough time finding much info when I was researching it before buying it. I love the boat and have learned a bit along the way. As noted - what do you want or need to know? Gabriel --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Gerald Sobel <sobel_solar@...> wrote: > > What do you want or need to know about Cal 2-24's? They rate in speed about the same as a Cal 25, have a cast iron fin keel with a rectangular, wing shaped ballast bulb on the bottom. They have a narrow stern typical of IOR style boats, and a flat deck like the Cal 25, so, more head room in the V berth. I think they are nice boats. They also have a cut out in the stern for an outboard motor mount. > Jerry > > --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> wrote: > > From: Robert Thompson <cavernuke@...> > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Cannot locate much in this group on Cal 2-24s > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 4:39 PM > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > Nah. There just weren't that many of them. > > > > On 10/10/10, elmerbug <dcouchman@...> wrote: > > > Am I making mistakes searching? > > > Thanks, > > > Don > > > > > > >