Plastic Classic Forum

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?

I figured it out....

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

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:

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!

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...

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

Oh oh!

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.

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

Interesting turn of phrase!

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

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...

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.

Ericson also had a verson.

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

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

Is the SeaBea fueselage for sale too?

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

Very interesting boat.

-Britton

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.

Boy that is tempting larry....

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

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.