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Selling "Robin " Hull # 88.Has been on the hard fro 3 seasons .Atomic 4 ,Autopilot ,Many upgrades including Barient 22 winches ,All halyards led back with clutches.7 sails with spinnaker gear.Decks recored .Needs her 10 yr bottom job and some new deck paint and splash next season!Call Gerry@585-880-6806 .Vessel At my house in Rochester NY.Freshwater boat ! 4500.00

If you want it moved (sailed up to NC)Give me a call @ 315-589-5286 Thanks Gerry Walsh           Capt of Robin ,...................Hull # 88

you have to ask yourself at any time what you are doing.Racing ,Cruising ,anchoring ,etc.Our favorite sail on board is the "120".It is the best sail on board .Not too much or to little but there .I like the 150 but we always dump it eventually for the best sail, it just points better on the Ariel, the 120. Destination is the goal . Getting there is the equation................

Mine  broke in storage with weight of NY snow.Better keep it in the Carribean for the winter! Replace with the jay unit and get over it .Better here than blowing one out in the med !By the way,I move Ariels to warm locations real cheap .Thanks Gerry

Thanks Jim , I am on the phone as I type ! Have a good season.

Our boat suffered "snow damage" this year. One of the spreader bases broke with the weight of the snow load on the cover in the wrong spot . Boat should have been in Carribean during that time  to avoid such silly setbacks but reguardless, I am looking for a source  to purchase a set ,2 is better than 1 right? If anyone knows the answer to this I would appreciate any info . If not, I will assualt my machine shop friends which may not be when done with this task ...........GW

I live In Williamson N.Y Richard . 30 miles east of Rochester .We keep our Ariel on sodus bay. Ariel #335 listing Lady is also at our marina.

Theis, .......I am envious that you had a chance to go to an all sailboat show this time of year . We don't have those here.Last year they had a new C&C 32 at the Rochester show .We did the walk through and the sales rep told us of the "new construction " so the hull only weighed 660 lbs.yes just as much as a small block chevy,........On a 32' boat . And they said it was strong.I would not even think of trading straight up for it new or not.Bigger is not always better . In spring of 2000 I helped move a friends Pearson 36 shaw design back from Nassau to Charleston.SC.We got caught out in hurricane 70 miles from shore . 30 footers with screaming, hissing wind. 36 hrs later we got in.I showed the video to my Father . He said the Ariel would walk over the wave rather than have to drive through it like a larger boat would .I think I have to agree with him.

That was a good reality check of our abilty to recover after a good knockdown .It can happen to any of us at any time .what does matter is keeping your head clear enough not to panic. My Father taught us that. He ran motor launches in the Navy mostly in the North Atlantic. He saw real nasty weather in his time as well as  his days of sailing on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie which is where he purchased hull # 88 " Robin" and sailed it there for many years . When he went up to a C&C41 the Ariel sat for 3 years before my wife and I decided to take him up on the offer of moving it to our area in N.Y and restoring her . We are throuhgly happy with our boat and know it will take us through any chop or swell . As you stated they are very forgiving boats .

Theis, ........That was a strange day. I was enjoying the nice air and looking towards the shore not looking at the catepillar cloud marching in on the starbord side. It dropped fast and marched across the water like a train . No time to reef the main or drop sail .we were caught on the end of it where the air knocked us down to the combing and lots of water said "Hello".She  came back up as I held the tiller with my foot pointing into it while hanging on to the winch and admiring the nice job we did painting the bottom in the spring . My wife had a few choice words at this point.  Sheeting out and dumping cloth was the next task .All you heard on the VHF was mayday from many boats.None from an Ariel. That experience was our motivation to lead halyards back so we could avoid such fun in the future.I try to watch the sky a little more now instead of trying to get the picture first.

Couldn't resist this post. With ice & snow everywhere here and many days until we can untie the lines to play on the lake our thoughts are of the good and not so good days on our boats . Here is a pic of a couple years ago when My wife and I were where we shouldn't have been with the Ariel . Under a microburst !Remember , "The boat will take more than you will"!

Hi Janice,........Wayward Star was most definatley built in 1963. #88 was laid up from the keel in November of 1962. I contacted Crowell who sent me a Fax or the order form for my boat . It was a boat show boat in Cleveland Feb 1963. #91 would have been concieved very soon after.

Here is a picture of "Robin" hull #88 . 1963 Lake Erie boat now enjoying life on Sodus bay in Lake Ontario. She was a pleasure to live on during our vacation to Toronto Ca. last year .....

This is where it  should be on your vessel  .I did not move it during the color change . Gerry .Ariel  # 88