New Cal 27 Owner... Soon

Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top soon. I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - *Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up here? *Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I would like to know if there are any producion type problems that are common. *Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 and don't know a whole lot about the Cals. Thanks again Skipper Suzee

Hi Suzee; Congrats. I just sold my 73 pt last December in Richmond Marina Bay. Which one is yours? There's no cal 27 OD racing fleet in sf bay that I know of but there's plenty of Cal 27's racing in PHRF. No reason why you couldn't race yours. The early cal 27's were very well built in my opinion. I'd look for signs of rainwater leaking, deck softness around the chainplates, state of the standing rigging, etc. I'd look closely at the keel bolts, and at the keel attachment line when it was out of the water. and You might find a few blisters but nothing to worry about usually. As someone told me at the same point in purchasing: "any blistering a 73 boat would have done would have been a long time ago." bw Cal 39-2 #003 "Sea Star" San Francisco, CA From: "Susan Ingram" <su… [at] hotmail.com> To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Cal 27 Owner... Soon > Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top soon. > I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - > *Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up here? > *Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when > inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I would > like to know if there are any producion type problems that are common. > *Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? > Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 and > don't know a whole lot about the Cals. > Thanks again > Skipper Suzee > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

Thanks Bob. I visited your site and it gave me hope! Very Nice! I am pretty excited. The name of the boat was "Celebration" or something to that effect. She is up in Stockton right now. Not looking forward to the delta to bring her home to Alameda. I noticed there is some activity at Encinal, I am at Island YC so that was great! Thanks again! --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bob Walden" <bob@...> wrote: > > Hi Suzee; > > Congrats. I just sold my 73 pt last December in Richmond Marina Bay. Which > one is yours? > > There's no cal 27 OD racing fleet in sf bay that I know of but there's > plenty of Cal 27's racing in PHRF. No reason why you couldn't race yours. > > The early cal 27's were very well built in my opinion. I'd look for signs of > rainwater leaking, deck softness around the chainplates, state of the > standing rigging, etc. I'd look closely at the keel bolts, and at the keel > attachment line when it was out of the water. and You might find a few > blisters but nothing to worry about usually. As someone told me at the same > point in purchasing: "any blistering a 73 boat would have done would have > been a long time ago." > > bw > Cal 39-2 #003 "Sea Star" > San Francisco, CA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Ingram" <susaningram@...> > To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:55 AM > Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Cal 27 Owner... Soon > > > > Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top soon. > > I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - > > *Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up here? > > *Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when > > inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I would > > like to know if there are any producion type problems that are common. > > *Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? > > Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 and > > don't know a whole lot about the Cals. > > Thanks again > > Skipper Suzee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > >

Yeah, the trip down the river can be a pita in a small boat. Best to do it soon. Summer can be a real blow up there, 30 knots plus sometimes on the nose. Best deal then is to do it in a couple days and stay overnight somewhere. Get some crew too so you can swap out and rest. Have fun with it! Mine was a great boat, fun to single-hand, comfy for 2 at anchor. bw From: "Susan Ingram" <su… [at] hotmail.com> To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:17 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: New Cal 27 Owner... Soon > Thanks Bob. I visited your site and it gave me hope! Very Nice! I am > pretty excited. The name of the boat was "Celebration" or something > to that effect. She is up in Stockton right now. Not looking forward > to the delta to bring her home to Alameda. I noticed there is some > activity at Encinal, I am at Island YC so that was great! Thanks > again! > > --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bob Walden" <bob@...> wrote: >> >> Hi Suzee; >> >> Congrats. I just sold my 73 pt last December in Richmond Marina > Bay. Which >> one is yours? >> >> There's no cal 27 OD racing fleet in sf bay that I know of but > there's >> plenty of Cal 27's racing in PHRF. No reason why you couldn't race > yours. >> >> The early cal 27's were very well built in my opinion. I'd look > for signs of >> rainwater leaking, deck softness around the chainplates, state of > the >> standing rigging, etc. I'd look closely at the keel bolts, and at > the keel >> attachment line when it was out of the water. and You might find a > few >> blisters but nothing to worry about usually. As someone told me at > the same >> point in purchasing: "any blistering a 73 boat would have done > would have >> been a long time ago." >> >> bw >> Cal 39-2 #003 "Sea Star" >> San Francisco, CA >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Susan Ingram" <susaningram@...> >> To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:55 AM >> Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Cal 27 Owner... Soon >> >> >> > Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top > soon. >> > I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - >> > *Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up > here? >> > *Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when >> > inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I > would >> > like to know if there are any producion type problems that are > common. >> > *Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? >> > Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 > and >> > don't know a whole lot about the Cals. >> > Thanks again >> > Skipper Suzee >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

you'll love the upgrade. I have a T/2, same hull and interior, and a friend has a pop-top. is yours an inboard? look for cracks wher aft edge of keel meets hull. not a tough repair if there. Most of the rest would be std boat stuff to check. bulkhead to hull tabbing, deck fitting leaks, particularly around chain plates. unless iot has been impecably maintained, plan on re-bedding all hardware on deck. great boat! Reggie >From: "Susan Ingram" <su… [at] hotmail.com> >Reply-To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Subject: [Cal_Boats] New Cal 27 Owner... Soon >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:55:12 -0000 > >Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top soon. >I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - >*Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up here? >*Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when >inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I would >like to know if there are any producion type problems that are common. >*Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? >Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 and >don't know a whole lot about the Cals. >Thanks again >Skipper Suzee > > i'm making a difference.�Make every IM count for the cause of your choice. Join Now. http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0080000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=hmtagline

Suzee, I have a 72 pop-top, hull #145. We are the second owners, and have had her for 11 years. Adding to the other's comments, I'd check the chainplates and bulkhead attachment, and the deck surrounding those plates. Also, they tend to leak (rain or wash water)a bit at the companionway vertical hatch, bottom. Otherwise, they are good boats, easy to sail, fairly fast and a lot of fun. Dave Leasia 72 Cal P-T #145 "Candy Cane" Lake St. Clair, MI > > Greetings everyone. I am planing on purchasing a 73 Cal Pop Top soon. > I was hoping to get some "insider" info. A few questions I have - > *Is there an active fleet in SF Bay? Are these boats raced up here? > *Anything I should keep an eye out for, besides the usual when > inspecting the boat? I am planning on having a survey, but I would > like to know if there are any producion type problems that are common. > *Does anyone here have this model and what is your opinion? > Thanks for any help you can be. I am upsizing from a Tanzer 22 and > don't know a whole lot about the Cals. > Thanks again > Skipper Suzee >