11/12/2021
It is with a very heavy heart that I announce I must pass along this beloved project. Life is taking me in a different direction. The pandemic continues and when I'm in Northern California I spend the vast majority of my time at the hospital tending to the ill. I have just purchased a home in France and cannot definitively say when I will have time to return to the restoration of Sailing Tinker Bell. I have spent thousands of dollars in storage fees alone over the last year as she patiently waits for me to return to working on her and I just can't continue hemorrhaging money like this, as much as it pains me to step aside.
RANGER 23 TINKER BELL is FREE TO A GOOD HOME. Currently located in Alameda, CA.
Please come finish what I lovingly began. Not a working boat, she is a complete restoration project. She comes with a ton of spare parts, including an entire second mast and one-shy-of-complete set of port-lights which you could sell and offset some of your expenses.
The following parts and accessories, however, ARE FOR SALE:
$1500 - Twin axel sailboat trailer. super solid and the previous owner had stripped and repainted it within the last couple of years.
$400 - for both sails: 110% and 150% furling genoas - Island Planet Sails. Brand new never out of bag. Receipt available.
$900 - Schaefer SnapFurl CF-500 Jib Reefing and Furling System, Furling line & block kit, fairlead arms to mount to stanchions. Brand new in box purchased from Defender 04/21. Receipt available.
$450 - PAIR of rare and in excellent condition Barient 19ST self-tailing winches to be used as primary sheet winches. One was taken off of my Sparkman & Stephens Catalina 38 when I restored her and modernized C38 Dulcinea with Harken parts. One I scoured the internet for and miraculously found a match available at Minney's surplus last october and purchased it for $450. Receipt available.
$3000 takes it all.
