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Truth or Fiction? Anyone Know?

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Josh Peters
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I was at Mission Bay in San Diego this past weekend and saw a cat sitting on a trailer. Nothing I have ever seen before. It had a large red "Z" on the hulls and Wingz on the side of each cabin. Owner said the boat is a "Z-21". 21' with a cabin in each hull that sleeps two. The boat sits on a trailer with an 8.6 beam and when launched the crossbeams telescope out to over 9'. You just pop in pins to lock. He said he just bought it new from the builder and paid $15K with sails and trailer. This is a lot of boat and I cannot believe the price can be right. Can't find any info about it or the company.

 
Posted : April 20, 2010 2:40 am
Damon Linkous
(@damonadmin)
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I've never heard of it, sounds cool though. Please try to get pictures if you see it again.

Fun with Google:

Evidently there is a Ranger Bass Boat named Z21 which returns a lot of results. So eliminate those by doing a -ranger and do a search like
z21 +catamaran -ranger
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=z21+%2Bcatamaran+-ranger

And the only result that is a sailboat is a link to this thread! Google loves TheBeachcats.com

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Posted : April 21, 2010 12:54 pm
toddster
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I found references to something vaguely like that, that was made back in the 70's, called an "R21." Might be somehow related? Sounds like a "used" price though.
http://www.r33.com/en/owners/rs21.asp

Note: their current model is listed as an "R33." Looks fun, but lists for $125K for the base model. :-O

edited by: toddster, Apr 21, 2010 - 07:05 PM

 
Posted : April 21, 2010 1:47 pm
Kevin Bugel
(@kbugel)
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Went out on their web-site and saw the $$ price for a 33'. Ouch...Ouch... I kinda liked the one attached to the link which was for sale locally but McGregor made some disaster boats that didn't market well (why they tried to make a 26 ' cross-over between a power boat and sail boat????)

Here is the link:

http://www.sailingtexas.com/smacgregor36100.html

Cheers,

Kevin-

Kevinb

 
Posted : April 21, 2010 2:06 pm
Kevin Bugel
(@kbugel)
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I also forgot. In looking at the sleeping set-up, I would be on topside with a tarp. The narrow berths are too cofin-like.

Kevin-

Kevinb

 
Posted : April 21, 2010 2:16 pm
MN3
 MN3
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And the only result that is a sailboat is a link to this thread! Google loves TheBeachcats.com

You were googlebotted, and listed in 10 hours...

you should go on a speaking tour. do u like seo geeks?

MN3

 
Posted : April 21, 2010 3:37 pm
Damon Linkous
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"do u like seo geeks?"

Like them? I are one!

Secret to getting indexed that fast...

I told Google

"All your base are belong to us!"

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Damon Linkous

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 7:26 am
MN3
 MN3
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"All your base are belong to us!"

no hobla

MN3

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 9:26 am
Damon Linkous
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andrewscott wrote:

"All your base are belong to us!"

no hobla

Well I thought it was funny, geeks over 40 are cracking up right now.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=all%20your%20base%20are%20belong%20to%20us
What started it all, top of the line video game from 1991.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfwqvUPIRkg&feature=related

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Damon Linkous

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 10:00 am
David Bonin
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I hear ya! I was there using Gopher and Usenet when that was happening.

Andrew,
Somebody set up us the bomb!
You have no chance to survive make your time!

Dave Bonin
1981 Nacra 5.2

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 10:11 am
MN3
 MN3
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ahhhhhh

1988-1989 i was in Scotland drinking lager and meeting the local las's

1990-1991 i was in the gulf war, drinking rum and avoiding the locals

so no gaming for me at that time. i was raised however on atari 2600, commodore and intelivision, really Back in Da Day

O'G!

edited by: andrewscott, Apr 22, 2010 - 05:50 PM

MN3

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 11:47 am
erice
(@erice)
Posts: 671
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as above

what about a rebuild of a reynolds 21

Most notable to Reynolds design credits is his R21 Cat. Reynolds, then age 22, built over 50 of these boats back in 1978 and 1979 before selling the company to pursue the windsurfing market.

Twenty years later many still actively sail the Reynolds 21 Catamaran. A successful design, the Reynolds 21 was clocked at 12 knots in 15 knots of wind at the PMA Worlds in 1978. Not bad for a 1000 lbs boat that had sleeping accommodations for 4 adults and was only 21 feet long.

The Reynolds 21 was also seaworthy. Many R21 sailors ventured hundreds of miles down the coast of Southern California and deep into Baja. Sailors would live months at a time on the R21. The new R33 CAT is a larger, modern day version of this successful little multihull.

pic here

http://www.r33.com/en/designers/index.asp

edited by: erice, Apr 22, 2010 - 07:36 PM

1982 nacra 5.2
2009 weta

 
Posted : April 22, 2010 2:34 pm
erice
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http://sailingtexas.com/201009/swingzz21.html

Edited by erice on Jan 23, 2011 - 05:45 AM.

1982 nacra 5.2
2009 weta

 
Posted : January 23, 2011 1:44 am