Chrysler Sailors Forum

hey bill,
I also just got into this whole sailing deal. I got a 75 C22 October of last year for 500 dollars. I have invested about 2500 into it and I am about done. Just need cushions. I have never sailed before this boat just like alot of everyone else around these parts...<snip>.

Hi Daniel - I ...

<snip>My original goal was to get into sailing at low cost and I did achieve that but I had to do a lot of work myself. Usually these older boats need work so I would suggest that you honestly ask yourself if you are willing to put in the time and elbow grease to do that. Of course, when you really ...

Discovered I needed something a bit bigger...Chrysler 22. All of this starting at age 60...62 now and looking forward to splashing my 22 next summer.


Hey Bill - thanks for the response. So with two years in, do you feel like the learning curve is pretty steep? Or has sailing come easier than ...

hp18carr wrote:Buying a boat needing more work than at first (being new) I realized is regretful.

Aha - I know this story. This is the same regret that I've felt with almost every old car I've ever purchased!

Welcome aboard Bill!
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It was my pleasure chatting with you last night! Check my signature. There are two links of interest, The keel pin repair will be of interest to you and also the stepping the mast section. Both are of "Lady Jo", my C22 named for my mom. ( Notice we've cleaned and painted ...

EmergencyExit wrote: You have to have been fearless just to own and keep a Triumph running in my day, lol..

(said the one time owner of a 72 Fiat 850 Spider convertible, a 72 Renault Alliance convertible, and a 76 MGB convertible)

I had a TR6C for years. Aha - I see you own an MGB! I have a '60 Frogeye Sprite.

EmergencyExit wrote:Jump on in - nobody ever comes to this hobby having already sailed a boat, everybody starts out at zero experience..

Thanks EmergencyExit! Once I figure out what the questions are, I'll be posting...

<snip> Being older... but perhaps not wiserI jumped in at the deep end of the pool by buying a C26 that needed a lot more than just a little TLC. Looking back I regret it in part, but then if I had not I would not have learned half of what I know today. When it comes to good old boats... tomorrow ...

Welcome Aboard Shipmate, good to hear from you!

My Chrysler C-22 is my first real boat too. I did take lessons before I bought my boat. Now I loved my lessons and those teachers put me on the right track but my real class started with the purchase of my new (30 year old) Chrysler. <snip>

Ask lots ...

Greetings!

Just a quick intro from a hopeful sailor who is considering a Chrysler 22.

I've never owned a boat before and other than commandeering my father's little aluminum run about as a far younger person, my boating experience is limited at best. That said, I've wanted to learn to sail all of ...