If you don't know how to skipper a sailboat, please read no further. Etchells 30' 6", fractional rigg sloop. Wanna cook aboard? Sorry! Wanna sleep aboard? Sorry? Want classic design? You got it! Wanna turn heads on water? You got it! Want like-new North, One Design racing sails? You got it! Wanna win PHRF races? You got it! Dennis Conner has owned them. Russell couts has two. John Bertarnd owns them. The best in the world must know something.
Best pure keelboat ever designed and built. If this boat can't put a smile on your face you have no business sailing. Excellent ultimate stability. Feather-feel tiller. Angle compensated traveler. Pole up/pole down. Backstay, Jib Tack, Traveler and Tweekercontrols resessedin deck, beside driver. No weighty wenches as is Etchells tradition...all clever purchases. Backstay fine and jib fine easy access. Etchells Blue comes with 1 light and 1 heavy air chute. Removable (disappear) side-mount for small outboard. Included is 3 hp Merc. Etchells Blue has been racing PHRF with a 126. She has won a Fleet Championship and raced against top Etchells skippers from Canada and US.
Owner is 79 and retiring. Etchells Blue is for skippers who would like to kick some booty in PHRF. Spinnaker sheet controls are countersunk in deck near seating. While sailing you never are sitting on hardware. Forward console hosts cam cleats for all halyards and fine tunes for port & Stb cars and jib. Jib sheet cleats are on top of cuddy. Lines are Etchells rigged, with purchases, out of site beneath decks.Trailer not included but can be had.