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Ahoy! To all!

paulsproesser — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:08:55 GMT

Hello to all who get this message now that i can post. I want you to know I am truly delighted and greatful to be a member here and all the hardwork and ideas i've seen are very helpful and inspirational and I will need alot of both for i found the old posts of commander 5 here and so i have some insight on whats been done and let me fill you in from where he left off. He stopped posting in winter of 2006 and evidently sold the old girl to the man i got her from who also never sailed her and she sat in the water at his dock in St. Leonards creek in St. Marys City Md. every since while he removed parts but he did send the sails out to be repaired. While it sat it suffered some hurricane damage and filled with water 4 erinches above the floor during the blizzard of 2010 but she does'nt leak at all. The previous owner never stained or sealed the exterior wood so it is grey and split in places . The owner advertised her as a free sailboat on craigslist due to his ailments it was to much for him to keep up and my girlfriend saw it because i'd promised i'd take her sailing so I jumped on it got title changed over and picked her up july 31st and sailed her 12 hrs to her new home where I've been sailing her every saturday out of the patuxent river at solomons island md. will have pics up soon and i have a real project on my hands she has a baby blue topdeck and white above the waterline and sails with the best of em I raced two 35 ft boats down the potomac and over 4 miles had a mile lead on them so I love her already and have'nt even pushed her to the limit.

Ari9el #44 headed south

maikelc — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:33:29 GMT

We�ll be leaving on our big adventure in a couple of weeks. Madeline is coming for a month, down the jersey coast and through the Chesapeake. Daniel will join me for the trip down the intracoastal waterway to the jumping off point [to the Bahamas].
Lists of gear to buy and things to do cover the desk. For a while I seemed to be adding items as quickly as I crossed things off, but now the lists are getting smaller. This week it�s very hot and humid again but last week was warm and dry, which doesn�t happen often here, and we were able to spruce up the paint and add some color. With the yellow canopy and bimini top we are sewing, Louise M will be not just shipshape and seaworthy but looking sharp -as befit�s a sweet, feisty old dame- when we cast off lines and head out of Jamaica Bay.

Ariel 245 with Trailer FS in Maine $500

Fox — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:17:06 GMT

Sadly I had to part with my Ariel last year, I lived aboard all summer, learned to sail, and generally had a wonderful time. Anyhow I was cruising Craigslist tonight and I came across this http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/1919616291.html The trailer alone would have allowed me to keep my ariel, but what is done is done, and I can no longer have a sailboat at this time. Anyhow check it out, this is an amazing deal, even if you already have a boat, buy it and keep the trailer and sell the boat, or heck give it away. Peace everyone, and happy sailing.

Chain Plate

jshisha — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:01:44 GMT

Cleaning up my office and found one of the chain plates off my Commander 131. I had replaced them with new SS chainplates, mostly cosmetics. If anyone needs it I will send it to them. I must have the other onese laying around some place and will look if they are needed.

Jake

surfing for an Ariel for less than $1300???

carl291 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:12:43 GMT

FL.. St Pete. 1967 PEARSON SAILBOAT
MI.. Detroit.

FS: Ariel 414 in Maine

mbd — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:01:52 GMT

Sea Glass 1967 Ariel #414
Price: $5000

Time for Sea Glass (A-414) to look for a new owner that has the time and budget to continue to maintain and upgrade her. She is currently on mooring in South Portland for inspection and ready to sail away.

Highlights:
Decks recored and painted 2007 < http://www.lackeysailing.com/seaglass/seaglass.htm >
Inboard model: Yanmar 2GM (currently inoperable) :mad:

Lowlights:
Inboard model: Yanmar 2GM (currently inoperable) :mad:

Sails:
Main (serviceable -2 reef points)
Genoa (fair)
2 100 jibs (v. good and fair)
1 storm jib (good)

Engine:
Not running as of this season (boatyard reported low compression)
Fuel tank cleaned
Changed filters
New Injectors
Exhaust elbow cleaned

Improvements since 2005:
Jack Stands
Stern tube reglassed
Cutless bearing
Stainless prop shaft
Cockpit access hatch
2 batteries
Decks recored/painted
New pushpit/lifelines
Bronze mooring bit/ cleats
Acrylic portlight windows
Handrails in/out
Ariel Association rudder bearing
Stainless aft chainplate
Forestay turnbuckle

Lots of pics and info here: http://www.pearsonariel.org/discussi...1062-Ariel-414

Email me for more details and equipment list.

If you've got a Sea Sprite 23, Kittiwake, CD 22 or other smaller Alberg hull and want to move up - let's talk.

I'd like to sell her before the end of the season.

Contact Mike at mbderr #AT# gmail com

Commander Fetish

Commander 274 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:37:07 GMT

I figured the title of my post might get some attention... and there is no doubt that some people here have a strong attraction to these boats.

Anyways, I was out sailing here in Chicago last week and had to pick up a friend at a different harbor. I have driven by the harbor a number of times, but had never sailed into it. There was a boat that I had seen from land that looked like a Commander, but could not be sure. So I took this opportunity to search it out.

Sure enough, it was a very well maintained Commander named "Fetish" (I believe it was the name, it was getting dark)

I snapped a few pictures with my phone (poor quality).

Just wondering if the owner was on the board and thought I would say hello to a fellow Chicago Commander owner.

Michael
C 274 Old Glory
Belmont Harbor

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manual

ericaW — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:39:45 GMT

Hi all, Looking to get my hands on a commander/ariel manual. Any suggestions? In the interim I'm still finding loads of information here....thanks so much for all the sharing.

F.S.: Ariel in NY

commanderpete — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:58:11 GMT

http://longisland.craigslist.org/boa/1870966759.html

PEARSON 26' SAILBOAT - $1000 (East Hampton, Long Island, New York)

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Date: 2010-07-29, 11:49PM EDT
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PEARSON 26' SAILBOAT. Full Sails, Full Keel, Has well for O/B. $1,000. Call (631) 423-9811. East Hampton, Long Island, New York.

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