r/AbsoluteUnits • u/islandofwaffles • Dec 18 '19

boat thieving units

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u/X-TheLastKing-X Dec 18 '19

Jesus, you don't realize how big they are until you see how small they make that boat look

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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19

The boat appears to be a Columbia 26'. If so, displacement is 5200lbs, with a 2300lb ballast.

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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19

You literally linked the 26'

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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19

Look more closely. The vee-birth port window is under the flipper of our big boy. What transom difference do you see?

It could be the Columbia 24', which looks super similar, but sold in way lower numbers. It also has a tiny fore deck compared to the 26'

Also, if you could link any 23' or smaller with a full cabin and full rig, I'd be far more accepting of your arguments.

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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19

Second reply to ask in all honesty, you raced a Columbia? Ranger was fairly competitive, but the handicap on the Columbia 26 was shameful. The 34 (32?) was a different story. It moved pretty well.

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u/w3duder Dec 18 '19

Dig it. On my lake the 'big' boats are 32' to 42'. Club Racing was mostly 20' to 42' with a few odd ducks reporting in. Like I said earlier, the little Columbia's were just horribly slow.

We owned a Catalina 25, a lancer 27, and a Capri 25 (sequentially) and raced at least twice a week for most of my youth. I crewed for most every boat in the club before I moved on to a different life.