Gary Pick wrote:

Brian Kerslake wrote:My old Sunbird 32 (an old ad) is now being sold by the guy who bought her. She's in Portugal, so you could get your first ocean trip in too :-) We now have a Freedom 39 junk schooner, but I still reckon Matanie was about the right size. Sometimes I even think of buying her back - sad or what? Nice internal layout. Reliable. Solid. She'll need some updating now, I guess. Robin Blain and Alan Boswell made a good odesign.

That's pretty much what I am looking for Brian. I note that she is sold though. I also note they spelt Plaque as plack.:)
I've saved the ad anyway.
We do of course have to sell our place first before we can buy and that will take at least 3 months after we find a buyer. So this is not going to happen in a hurry.

Put your glasses on and read my post again. That was an old ad, from the time we sold her. If you google 'sunbird 32 Portugal sale' or similar you'll find her on a site called 'yachtgrots'. Who'd have thought. Can't be that bad as the vendor is asking 3 grand more than we sold her for. Of course he could be chancing his arm. Never met him.

Annie Hill wrote:..
For all the years I've washed by hand, I'd say that the problem is not with the actual washing: it's with the wringing and drying.  I'd sooner have a spin dryer than a washer if it were a case of either/or.

Maybe not in the one I linked, but other single tub washers have spin dry cycles too, like this one. Would go most the way to dryness I would think.

Gary Kepper wrote:Surprisingly the washing machine is only 150watt at 240v. I have 240v outlets throughout powered by an inverter and to power that I have 400watt solar array atop the bimini, mppt regulator and 440ah AGM battery bank that is positioned low down in the watertight mid bilge, very simple and tidy setup. 

A good friend of mine is a marine electrician and I work with him quite a bit on different boats and the things I've seen :o

That would be one of those lightweight campervan washing machines. We were considering one of those, looks like a good idea. THe local caravan shops have them & eBay is full of them. But then Susie was looking at the non powered Ezywash on which I wondered, hows that any less work than a plunger in a bucket? So we're back to the bucket again :)

Brian Kerslake wrote:My old Sunbird 32 (an old ad) is now being sold by the guy who bought her. She's in Portugal, so you could get your first ocean trip in too :-) We now have a Freedom 39 junk schooner, but I still reckon Matanie was about the right size. Sometimes I even think of buying her back - sad or what? Nice internal layout. Reliable. Solid. She'll need some updating now, I guess. Robin Blain and Alan Boswell made a good of that design.

That's pretty much what I am looking for Brian. I note that she is sold though. I also note they spelt Plaque as plack.:)
I've saved the ad anyway.
We do of course have to sell our place first before we can buy and that will take at least 3 months after we find a buyer. So this is not going to happen in a hurry.

My old Sunbird 32 (an old ad) is now being sold by the guy who bought her. She's in Portugal, so you could get your first ocean trip in too :-) We now have a Freedom 39 junk schooner, but I still reckon Matanie was about the right size. Sometimes I even think of buying her back - sad or what? Nice internal layout. Reliable. Solid. She'll need some updating now, I guess. Robin Blain and Alan Boswell made a good of that design.