Man-o-war On Ebay

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:55 am

Lee/Joe

You guys must not be the only 2 Man-o-War's left

, nice looking one on Ebay with some good pics

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0259847841

thepartydog · Post by **thepartydog** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:34 am

Just wondering if all the creative people had left chrysler boats by the time they built the 26. I mean come on...Buckaneers, Man-0-war, then C-26. Why did the little boats get all the cool names.

Darin

gizmoJoe · Post by **gizmoJoe** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:23 pm

That boat on Ebay kind of puts mine to shame. I gotta get out the buffing compound. Lee, did you see the box around the daggerboard trunk? Might be something to think about. Joe

RedCanyon · Post by **RedCanyon** » Sat May 10, 2008 9:56 am

Darin,

I dont' know where it comes from, but the sailing.lizards website photos section (http://chryslersailing.lizards.net/sail_photos.html)
refer to the C-26 as "C-26 Courser."

If this was ever a "semi-official" name, (does anyone know?) it would certainly be a cool one. Check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courser_%28horse%29

at least, I certainly like it. So that's my story and I'm stickin' with it.

Leeway · Post by **Leeway** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:09 am

gizmoJoe wrote:That boat on Ebay kind of puts mine to shame. I gotta get out the buffing compound. Lee, did you see the box around the daggerboard trunk? Might be something to think about. Joe

I like the box for storage, but it doesn't look watertight. I also would not be able to transport the spars fully within the cockpit like I do now. What do you think those straps attached to the trunk are for?

I'm more interested in what he did with the sail. I wonder if Chrysler changed the design on the 74's or if that is a mod. I hate the fact that I can't reef the sail while underway with my sleeve type main.

Did you you also notice that he had to put a deck plate at the stern as well as patch over the bailer just like I had to do?

SN691 · Post by **SN691** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:48 am

Darin

Your are right the name for the C-26 is COURSER. I have the original color brochure on the 1979 Chrysler cruising sailboats the C-26, C-22 and C-20. It states the C-26 is COURSER, the C-22 is Sandpiper, but dose not have a name for the C-20. The brochure has all specifications , standard and opional equipment for all three boats

Leeway · Post by **Leeway** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:51 am

That is absolutely strange that Chrysler would give names to all their vessels but the C-20. It's like they considered it the red-headed stepchild of the fleet!

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:04 am

I have heard the C-20 called the Osprey, and I seem to have seen that somewhere, possibly on Ebay ads ?

gizmoJoe · Post by **gizmoJoe** » Tue May 13, 2008 2:55 pm

Lee,
It looks like he just flattened the mast sleeve and put grommets in it. Then he made some rope grommets(loops) like I did on my sail to hold it on the mast. Some look like larger plastic mast hoops.

Joe

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