Hello wonderful forum members,
I moved from Germany to Miami a year ago. In Berlin I sailed regularly and took part in my first regatta there. I LOVED it.
Now I am really trying to get into sailing sport here in S. Florida. Two things are keeping me from starting: where to keep the boat and a boat.
I may have a place at the US Sailing Center in Miami but would need a boat with a trailer OR I could just anchor the boat at the Marine Stadium until my turn comes up on a waiting list, BUT storing a J24 in the water (bottom paint, hull not perfectly clean...) that I also want to start racing sounds like just adding to my (many) handicaps as a new person getting into the sport.
There are a few j/24s being sold down here:
J24 - boats - by owner - marine sale - no trailer and from what I have researched at least $4000 to repair.
https://offerup.com/item/detail/1294232292?q=sail&cid=5.4 a former live aboard, no trailer, has not had the bottom painted but has been in the water for at least a year, the bottom has not been cleaned in months.
Hull #1758 For Sale Miami And the one on this forum, which I think would be good, but he stopped answering me. Love to hear feedback, even via DM about tips to this boat. I am not sure what it means to have a "New lighter bow retrofit" if I also want to go cruising a bit with my wife (zero experience) on the boat.
I am looking to spend less then $4k for the boat if possible. I'll need some instruction, which I can pay for of course. Any other feedback??? I REALLY want to be back on the water in my own boat AND I want to learn racing, I don't need to win, but I also do not want to be that guy that is always in the way of everyone else either.
I moved from Germany to Miami a year ago. In Berlin I sailed regularly and took part in my first regatta there. I LOVED it.
Now I am really trying to get into sailing sport here in S. Florida. Two things are keeping me from starting: where to keep the boat and a boat.
I may have a place at the US Sailing Center in Miami but would need a boat with a trailer OR I could just anchor the boat at the Marine Stadium until my turn comes up on a waiting list, BUT storing a J24 in the water (bottom paint, hull not perfectly clean...) that I also want to start racing sounds like just adding to my (many) handicaps as a new person getting into the sport.
There are a few j/24s being sold down here:
J24 - boats - by owner - marine sale - no trailer and from what I have researched at least $4000 to repair.
https://offerup.com/item/detail/1294232292?q=sail&cid=5.4 a former live aboard, no trailer, has not had the bottom painted but has been in the water for at least a year, the bottom has not been cleaned in months.
Hull #1758 For Sale Miami And the one on this forum, which I think would be good, but he stopped answering me. Love to hear feedback, even via DM about tips to this boat. I am not sure what it means to have a "New lighter bow retrofit" if I also want to go cruising a bit with my wife (zero experience) on the boat.
I am looking to spend less then $4k for the boat if possible. I'll need some instruction, which I can pay for of course. Any other feedback??? I REALLY want to be back on the water in my own boat AND I want to learn racing, I don't need to win, but I also do not want to be that guy that is always in the way of everyone else either.