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Noticed this for sale, comes with an Avon RIB.  This is the same boat that was on eBay and didn't hit reserve.  The price is MUCH reduced.  Only problem is hauling the thing from the West Coast would eat up two bank accounts and max a big plastic with fuel costs.  ooooo wellllll!!!!

At the tail end of the listing I mailed the owner and ask what the reserve price was that he had set.  He answered that it was 3500, but would sell it  for $2600.

I imagine it is gone now, but anyone out on the West coast or anyone who can afford to ship would be getting a whole lot of nice boat.

long sigh....one of these days!

Found this ad and thought I'd pass it on.  To far away for me.
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Category:    Sail Boats
Ad Number:    367
Description
This is a classic Pearson that is overall very good condition, just needs some cleaning and painting. Bottom was started buy not completed, needs sanding finished, faired and painted. New gallon of bottom paint included. Top sides need repainted or touched up. All deck hardware is good, and needs nothing. Interior needs cleaned and repainted, cushions are good maybe need drycleaned, missing v-berth cushions, has marine head with holding tank, galley sink, no stove but plenty of space to put one. Needs new curtains, Has outboard motor well in stern under lazerette, but no outboard. Has trailer that was made specificaly for the boat. For more info call: 859-887-6030
Details
Manufacturer:    PEARSON
Model:    ARIEL
Price:   $6500.00 Neg.
Hull:    Fiberglass Composite
Propulsion:    Outboard
Length:    26 ft
Beam:    8 ft
Bridge Clearance:    U/K ft
Engine Manufacturer:    NONE
Engine Power:    N./A hp
Engine Hours:    N/A hrs
Top Speed:    U/K knots
Cruising Speed:    U/K knots
Cruising Range:    U/K nautical miles
Water Tank Capacity:    U/K gal
Fuel Tank Capacity:    U/K gal
Holding Tank Capacity:    U/K gal
Color:    Blue
Year:    1969 or older
Owners:    2
Condition:    Used
Advertiser:    Owner
   Air Conditioning       Bimini Top       Boat Cover
   Camper Canvas       Compass    check mark    Depth/Fish Finder
   Fridge       GPS       Radar
   Shore Power       Shower       Stereo
   Stove       Trolling Motor       VHF Radio
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Name:    Steve Elswick
Address:    204 Normandy Ct.
Zip Code:    40356
City:    Nicholasville
State > County:    Kentucky > Fayette
Country:    United States
Email:    Reply to Ad
Phone:    859-887-6030 Please quote Adpost when calling

I was given a USN Seal sniper bag and had occasion to use it as a ditch bag last year.  They are about 4ft long, inflatable(about a foot in diameter).   I placed my personal ID, camera, emergency stuff like compass etc into it, inflated it.  Half full it still could support me.  So with it and a lifevest I was pretty much 'unswampable and certainly unsinkable.

The bag was a 'second' and sold in some used military store or another up in the Virginia area.

If you have occasion to find one, I heartily recommend buying it.  Hopefully you never have need of it, but if not, being absolutely water tight it makes a perfect stoeage bag for sensitive stuff like electronics.

g'Luk

I send my best wishes to them, they can't go wrong.   I gave it all I had....maybe the next one?

French  -> Maybe I should mention, my old Ariel will also be making the trip!

Ah, in that case #2 option will yield better results. heh

Seriously, I would drive over to HAlf Moon and Pacifica and talk to a couple of the boaters there.  I do know the surf can be bad with a large low far out to sea especially in Half Moon.  Local knowledge is your safest bet.

Top o' the Season, and best of luck,

If I understand it(from your subject line) you are in San Francisco(SF) and wish to get to half Moon Bay?  Well, there are two routes that I know of.
1. Head south on the Freeway and hang a right a tad south of Redwood City.
2. Head out Golden Gate and keep going West until no land marks are south of you.  Then hang a left and go southerly until you see a large indentation in the rocks, aim for the center and keep the radio on and tuned to the USCG work channel.

hehheh!
(jes kiddin)

Top O' the Season to you all,

Looks like that is just what I needed.  A BIG thanks to you!

Ahh, that's good...BUT ~$35 for a cradle plan seems just a wee bit steep.  Perhaps someone would scan that particular page and post it or email it or attach it to a stout pidgeon?.  It would be a help.

I noticed up in one of the previous posts that they had trouble with an autopilots throw distance not being sufficient, or some such.  You adjust that by moving the arm up or down on the length of the tiller.  Farther towards the tip means less rudder movement for a given movement of the autopilot, farther down the tiller the more the rudder movement becomes.

THere is a caveat though, since your tiller is a lever your forces change along it i.e. shorter the throw the more force needed, longer the thro(nearer the end) the less force needed.

Another area of error I have seen several times is that the drive unit and arm are NOT at right angles to the tiller when it is centered.  This is necessary to achieve best power transfer and some other physics stuff.  So if you move your power unit/arm placement everything must be moved!

g'Luk

Does anyone have the dimensions for an Ariel cradle?  I have the ones for a Cape Dory 25 cradle and am pretty certain that little modification would be necessary...but 'little' is a verrrry relative term! heh

,,,and me with no trailer yet.  Haulage would have been ~3200 to here.

maybe next time

The previous post was made in a thread about reefing, I haven't a clue how it wound up on this thread.  ?

For jib I used a simple downhaul. 5/16 line hooked on stay above top hank, led down through abouple of hanks along the way, through a small block at the stemhead and back to the cabin top.  release halyard, pull in downhaul and the jib falls to the foredeck in a hurry.  If you even out hte sheets it stays pretty much midships.

Another method I have used on someone elses boat is a ;Geary or Gerry' rig.  Run the line up through the block at the stem, then through the hank nearest to the height of the clew, then over and through the vlew back to the hank above yhe one you just went through and up to a hook which clicks on above the top hank.  When you haul this line the jib not only comes down it wads up into a bundle at the stem.  It would work best, I think if 'turning rings were sewn onto the sail itself instead of going through those hanks, but it did work, and you remain in the cockpit until you are ready to handle the saill

I had a Navik on a Cape Dory 25(nearly same as an Ariel as far as transom goes).  It worked well, even downwind.  Had a couple of problems that I thought needed redone (purtaining to weaknesses, and one about adjustment), but on the whole was a very good match for the boat.  Also easily mounted without looking like you had strapped on a junkyard to your stern.
g'Luk