Classic Racing Plastic

s/v Groovy · Post by **s/v Groovy** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:41 pm

I saw this cool classic racing sailboat this last weekend, maybe 32' but a beam of maybe 6'. with so little beam she must have been a racer, right? Anyone know what she is?

s/v Groovy · Post by **s/v Groovy** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:30 pm

I figured it out....

kabauze · Post by **kabauze** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:43 am

Thanks for posting this! There's one of these near me in the harbor and I always was curious about what the hell it was. It has a VERY narrow beam which is even more pronounced in person.

Todd

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:14 am

I couldn't see the pictures yesterday, but even so I guessed it was a Sabre.
I first saw one in a Massachusetts boatyahd about this time last year:

hesper · Post by **hesper** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:26 pm

Love these boats. Had one near me 15+ years ago that in maybe 5 years I saw sail only 2 or 3 times. I had a serious line on one maybe 17 years ago but my now wife could refer to it only as "that needle boat." Not much headroom, wet, etc. I decided to go for something a little more use friendly. Still though, they are some pretty!

Post by **Tim** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:13 am

I think the Columbia Sabre is a "cruising" adaptation of a 5.5 meter class raceboat.

I love the hulls. They look like great candidates for conversion "back" to daysailer status...

MikeD · Post by **MikeD** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:46 pm

Tim wrote:They look like great candidates for conversion "back" to daysailer status...

Oh oh!

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:08 pm

When you're good with a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

I'm not saying you're wrong. The sabre is a nail. A glorious nail.

Post by **Tim** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:19 pm

Figment wrote:When you're good with a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Interesting turn of phrase!

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:31 pm

I've been doing some speechwriting on the side. Boats are 'spensive.

s/v Groovy · Post by **s/v Groovy** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:53 pm

I think the Columbia Sabre is a "cruising" adaptation of a 5.5 meter class raceboat.

that's exactly what Columbia did.

I'd love to see a Tim Lackey Day Sailor version, maybe with a 14' cockpit...

here's the 5.5 brochure...

Noah · Post by **Noah** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:32 pm

There was one on ebay (I think it was the 5.5 version) a couple of years ago that someone built a small wood doghouse on and enlarged the cockpit. It looked really nice.

JMS · Post by **JMS** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:01 pm

Ericson also had a verson.

Bluenose · Post by **Bluenose** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 4:59 pm

I had the same idea of turning and Ericson Scorpion into a nice day sailor and weekender. I even went and looked at one and sailed it. The one I sailed didn't impress me much. It seems like Columbia and Ericson lost the Racer heritage during their conversion. A pity though as the hull is beautiful. Although a pair of uglier cabin tops I can't imagine.

Bill
Lopez Island, WA

radicalcy · Post by **radicalcy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:41 pm

Here's a link to photos of my Sabre "Wild Swan" She's a 1965 model. No Eyebrows, and aluminum toe rails. Very sleek, gets alot of attention when we're sailing. I have her docked in Deltaville, Va. , and she's for sale. All reasonalble offers considered.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/radicalcy ... /my_photos
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/radicalcy ... /my_photos

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:49 pm

Is the SeaBea fueselage for sale too?

If I could only afford to own more boats...

Very interesting boat.

-Britton

radicalcy · Post by **radicalcy** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:58 pm

Can have for a daysailer project. It's fully gutted, with only the bow bulkhead still in place. I hauled it from Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, to Richmond,Va in the dead of winter, in the snow, across at least two mountain ranges, so I know it's transportable as is....
Free to the first responder with a trailer, and I'll even help load her.
Larry Wilson
Richmond,Va.

Ric in Richmond · Post by **Ric in Richmond** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:54 am

Boy that is tempting larry....

Does it have all the parts and pieces to actually sail?

radicalcy · Post by **radicalcy** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:59 pm

Ric,
I have a mast, less the spreaders, and a slightly bowed boom. No other hardware. This is a totally stripped and gutted hull, ready for someone to build a new boat.

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Seabea is not for sale, but I have an extra Sabre that Tim