Hi,
Can anyone tell me anything about a Starwind 22'? I had a guy call me today about this one. The picture is a couple of years old and the guy said that he cleaned her up after he purchased her. The reason he wants to sell her is that the slip fee is too high and with his job doesn't have time to sail. He has title on her and the motor so getting her in my name would be no problem here in Texas.
Thanks
David
Is that Starwind located at Cedar Mills Marina on Lake Texoma? To be more exact on "O" dock in the middle cove? If so tell the owner Walter said Hi and that I hate that they are selling their boat.
If so Its a pretty nice boat. Needs a little tlc but not much. I haven't sailed on a Starwinds 22 but from what I have heard they are well built.
Sorry this one is not up there. It's only a short drive from here.
I looked at your profile and see you are from Port O Conner. You are just down the bay from Charlie & Laura, some of the nicest folks you will ever meet. Old Charlie has forgot more about sailboats than most of us will ever know and what he forgot he passed on to the lovely Laura. I saw their boat Tehani not too long after they started rebuilding her. Its hard to beleive its the boat they have now. Most people would have never started that project and a lot less would have ever finished it. Laura is quite a artist, but doesn't just use canvas she paints on all kinds of things.
Charlie posts here often. Look him up
Thanks Walter- that's enough to make me blush a bit. But everything about Laura is the truth :D
David and Lisa have already been by, a couple of times.
Quote from: W Jones on January 24, 2008, 09:04:39 AM
Old Charlie
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I should be so lucky as to keep up!!
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Older, but not old
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Quote from: CharlieJ on January 24, 2008, 12:55:34 PM
;D
Older, but not old
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;)Ya know, most of us are just jealous ;D
I didn't reply to Walter as I was hoping he would comment on the Starwind as it seems he owns one.
Well tomorrow is the day I check her out. She'll be mind or I'll keep looking. If this one has been like the rest that I have looked at my next step is to go to Galveston and buy that one. Made me screen shots of the ICW from Galveston to Port O'Connor from Googles Maps so I will have my charts to sail home with. I'll have to wait for the weather to break as I'm not current on my IFR.
Take care
David
David - I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! Good luck, have fun, and try to stay rational! :)
David- we're supposed to go to Galveston tomorrow to launch a Cross 34 we're bringing back for repairs. It was badly damaged in hurricane Rita and I suppose I'll be doing a good bit of the repairs. We should be underway Monday, Tuesday and get back here Weds - or LATE Tuesday night if lucky .
Laura printed out the charts from Galveston to here in section I put them into a book in plastic covers so we can just flip chart them.
Hope this one is what you are looking for.
Me stay rational :D Well I laid out the money for the Starwind 22 today. She is really nice and need only a little tlc. The main and jib look brand new.
The fellow that I was to buy the trailer from " different person" backed out on the deal. So now I have a sailboat up on Canyon Lake and no trailer. Guess I could liveaboad on Canyon Lake on the hook until I find a trailer. Not going to do a one year contract for 200 dollar a month slip fee on a lake. Maybe I can find someone on Craigslist that will rent me one for a couple of days. Rational not me for sure.
Charley I'll swing by some time after you get home. Have a safe trip.
Take care all
Quote from: Grime on January 26, 2008, 10:32:11 PM
Me stay rational :D Well I laid out the money for the Starwind 22 today. She is really nice and need only a little tlc.
Congrats!!!
I built a photo album of Miss Froggy "as we named her". Here is the link to view the album. Miss Froggy (http://www.pocwebdesign.com/missfroggy)
I feel like the guy that lost his sailboat on the jetty rocks. Tomorrow she will be on Craigslist for sale. No trailer and no way to get her here I'll have to sale my dream. At least I can say I did own a sailboat.
David -
Don't give up the ship! Not just yet, at least. Between the members here, and other places like the TSBB, you might soon find someone who can help you get her home! :)
Congrats!!! :)
How deep is the keel ?what type of trailer do you need ?sail ?or can you get away with a power boat trailer?
Hi Sailorflo,
She is a swing keel. I found a picture of the same bottom that I would have. See Attached. A motor boat trailer would work and I could modify the rails. A sailboat trailer would work better.
Thanks for the reply
David
David- when are you hoping to bring her home? Cause I may be able to help you out, but I'm gonna be on the delivery the next few days. Leaving from here in about an hour. Call me on Weds afternoon if that's not too late.
Thanks Charlie,
I'll keep trying to find a trailer but will give you a call Wed afternoon.
Safe trip
David
Grime I don't own a Starwind but there is one a few slips down from our boat. it belongs to a couple from somewhere out in West Texas and they don't make it to the boat very often. I was afraid they were selling it. The pic you posted looks just like their boat.
It seems like a really nice boat. One problem they did have was the nut came off of the pivot bolt on the rudder. I saw it as the rudder was just about to fall off and removed it and put it in the cockpit.
There is a fellow named Martin on the TSBB that had a Starwind 22 that he did a lot of work on. You might email him if you need any ideas on upgrades etc.
Good luck getting her moved. Your right sailboat trailers are hard to find, I modified a flatbed trailer to fit our Laguna 26.
Very nice boat! The hull looks a whole lot like my Chrysler 22, but the deck is different.
Gus
Thanks guys for all the comments and help. I picked up a trailer from Charlie yesterday and we plan on moving her here to POC tomorrow.
One more question. Does anyone have any suggestion on how we lower the mast? There will be about 5 or 6 of us, just about my whole family there for the move. So I have plenty of help.
Take care
David
Well we got her home this afternoon to Port O'Connor safe and sound. Now to do some cleaning up as she need a bath big time. Then hopefully next weekend to Port Lavaca to the marina.
When two dumb butts like me and my son in law that have never lowered a mast before doing so was an adventure. Now if I can remember how everything went to get her back together. lol
Now the learn begins. We did take pictures of all this blind leading the blind.
David
Glad you made it ok. Have you talked to the harbormaster about a slip? If not, best do so.
Hi Charlie J
Thanks we were worried with my son in law driving. Always drives like there is no tomorrow.
I call and left a message and also emailed the harbor master last week. I'll try to catch him tomorrow when I run into PL. The slips here are not reasonably priced at all. $300.00 with nothing extra.
David
His name is Jim O'Neal. Go early- he's only there at Nautical Landings in the mornings- goes to other harbors in the afternoons.
Talked to Mr. O'Neal this morning. :( No slip until the new section is finished. Seems that he has a Starwind 27 and would love to have another Starwind in the marina. Hope this is soon. Any way this will give me more time to do some polishing on her.
That's great, David! :) And don't bemoan the lack of a slip, use this time to work on her - it's easier to do when they're on the hard, anyway. :)
Excellent that you have a sister ship in the same marina. Make it a point, once you are familiar with your boat to 'get' the basics down, to go sailing with him, and pick up tips and tricks from his longer experience with that type of boat.
Assuming, of course, that he's sailed the boat frequently. ;)
Hi CapnK,
I got some free time today so I started doing some TLC on her. I found all sorts of items that the former owner left behind. I do have some items that need to be fixed before she goes in the water. I would also like to paint the hull. Anyway she will get a good washing this weekend, weather permitting.
Found out about the Texas 200 today. Lisa and I are going to try and go. Might be a good learning experience. If Lisa is unable to go then maybe I can find someone that would like to go and put up with me. ;D
Take care
David