I Want to Buy an Ariel

[philpott]

I'm looking for an Ariel in the San Francisco Bay area. Thank you for helping me find one!

[Rico]

Hi Jackie,

Welcome to the board!

('Mephisto Cat's skipper here...)

- I'm glad you decided on one of these wonderful boats! I'm sure the right one will pop-up shortly!

[ebb]

Know of one longshot languishing at the St Francis in S.F.
Our Bill will know.

[philpott]

Well, our Bill? Is that Brad Buss' ariel, or another one? This is fun. I can tell this is a knowledgable and communicative crowd.

[Bill]

Lady J, the Ariel at the St Francis has a new owner, Rob of Palo Alto.  He will be checking in soon.

[philpott]

They are slipping through my fingers...

[philpott]

Well, I drove down to Oyster Cove Marina  in order to look at (an inferior) boat, and what was floating right next to it but a lovely Ariel Hull #75. No CF number on its hull. Does anyone know who owns it and whether or not it might be available to me?

[Bill]

Patric Bryant of Sunnyvale owns her.  Not sure he would be interested in selling, since he's not owned her for that long.

[philpott]

Thanks so much. I located him from an earlier post on this site and have emailed him privately about his boat. A girl can dream.

[philpott]

Rats! Patrick Bryant loves his boat. I feel like I'm in a difficult adoption process.

[Bill]

A Bay Area skipper contact list is being forwarded to you.  No guarantees on current accuracy . . . but maybe you'll get lucky.

[carl291]

Bill, I salute you, that is a very generous gesture on your part, taking the time to put that together.

[bikenewport]

Hello, I am thinking of selling my Ariel she is a 1965 hull # 367 , she is in Newport Oregon right now but she came from the SF fleet I dont know how much it is to ship a boat I here its less than you might think . I love this boat, buut it just might be time to sell,, Kiwanda is her name now I think her name was Peko when she was in SF , You are welcome to call me at 541-270-6141, Elliott

[Crazer]

If you're still looking for a bay-area Ariel, you're in luck. Please buy her, I don't trust the kinds of people who pay $1K for a charity boat. They think they're getting a cheap boat when of course there's no such thing. Lot of good boats have come to bad ends that way.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1965-Pearson-Ariel-26ft-Sailboat-Stk-213814-NO-RESERVE-/140717779121?pt=Sailboats&hash=item20c36ee8b1

[philpott]

This boat is Hull #A366 - Zoe. It is near me, so I'll go by and look at it from the outside. I called boats4causes about examining it, and the woman said they don't let people do that, but if I just happen to find the boat and it's open ... that would be okay with her. She was very nice: said marinas tend to get irritable about large numbers of people coming by to gawk at charity boats. I don't have a garage or tools or any of the stuff you all seem to have in order to address a project boat. I live in an urban area - Oakland - where we need to pay the city for a sticker in order to park on the street outside our home. So, no boat fixin' gonna happen out there. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, anyway. Somebody @ some time loved this boat, I'm sure (even if he/she did paint the combings!!!). I'll report back. If anyone knows anything about its history I'd love to hear. The owners don't have an email and I don't feel comfortable calling them.