Several J/30s I've been on have made a creaking or popping sound when I walk around on the side decks. Is this normal? What causes it? Thanks,

Dan

they have personality


thor

Did your boat do it?

nope

That's why he got rid of it - no personality. (-:

Thor - why did you get rid of her?

David
#397

kinda long story ....
let me first say this ... I will miss all the good help and cameradery from the fellow J 30 owners and this board in particular.

I am on a lake which is super shallow ( Lake Carlyle Illinois ) and I am on the northern part of it which is not as deep as the southern part ( Marina costs down there just went to 8 dlr per foot for 12 months )Ours is cheaper but 6.25 is not really cheap for that mudhole either.

Anyhow I havent bumped once last year, but it gets on your nerves sailing with 1 foot clearance under your keel, or be stuck in the marina when the corpse ( of engineers) lets out to much water.
Than I had to pay 200 bucks in the spring and 200 bucks in fall for the incompetent Marina folks to haul the boat out ( you better have 5 people help with the mast anyhow...)
Although I had a very nice trailer all that commotion didnt allow it in my time table to make a visit to other lakes ....

We really liked the J .... won the club championship again this year and had some super sweet sails during the year.
We sail mostly doublehanded and the Spinnaker was a little too cumbersom for the two of us , so we only hoisted it a couple of times....

Now, we have bought a Corsair 28 R ( folding Tri) which has about half the space inside...lol But it folds up easy so I can use any kind of slip, even the shallow ones with 1 foot of draft. I can go anywhere on the lake I please ... I can pull it behind my car with ease, I can put the mast up and down by myself. Its fast ... really scary fast ...lol

Marina offers a Trailer sailor program and I will keep the Corsair on the trailer during the week. ( and find an empty slot during the weekend ) I save almost 2000 grand that way alone.

If you add the savings it doesnt make up for the exorbitant price you have to pay for a Corsair of course.. but did I say its fast ...

My old boat is one of the nicest J 30 I have seen and I will miss her a lot... but the Corsair offers me easy access to other lakes ( Kentucky Lake ,,, maybe a week in Wisconsin at Door COunty, FLorida is not out of the question either ) The Screacher is easy to sail double handed and the assy Spi is also much easier to handle.

I went from a boat with PHRF of 300 to the J now I have a boat with a 40 or so Phrf ...
gonna be interesting ...

Thanks Thor