Commander # 216 "Northern Dancer"

[commanderpete]

I've seen this boat for sale in Wisconsin for a few years now. Its been sitting because the price was $15,000, then $8,500 and now $6000.

The boat was certainly well cared for at one time. It has a couple of features not seen too often.

Two sets of cockpit winches

http://boat-world.com/common/thumbnail.php?ID=4384&picno=3&h=0&w=0

[commanderpete]

The squared off bottom to the companionway

http://boat-world.com/common/thumbnail.php?ID=4384&picno=4&h=0&w=0

[commanderpete]

Somebody built drawers for the V-berth shelves

http://boat-world.com/common/thumbnail.php?ID=4384&picno=2&h=0&w=0

[commanderpete]

Maybe they would have better luck selling the boat if they didn't list her as a "Motor Sailor"

I find that offensive.

Here is the link



http://boat-world.com/boatads/4384.html

[ebb]

These guys know what a sailboat is - look at their listings. Gee, if the sailboat has a motor it's a motor sailer, ok? What's so hard about that?:confused:

[skylark]

I owned this boat from 1979 to 1986. Originally robin egg blue, I painted her green and the subsequent owner had her awlgripped white. I sailed her all over Lake Michigan and to the North Channel in Lake Huron. A great sailing boat! I sold her to buy a Pearson Vanguard. Pictures of Northern Dancer, then Skylark, can be seen on www.pearsonvanguard.org on the Commander page. The doors on the shelver were there when I bought her, a nice addition. I had new interior cushions made and did a number of cosmetic upgrades before selling her. The companionway extends almost to the bottom of the cockpit, a feature changed right after these 1965 models, to better accomodate offshore sailing conditions. This is not as seaworthy a design, but can be hadled in nasty conditions by leaving slats in place.

[Commander227]

I'm on a bicycle trip in Door County on Lake Michigan. Took a ferry out to ride around Washngton Island, we stopped at a little marina to have a beer at the Sailor's Pub and found Northern Dancer. She looks trim and shipshape. Sadly the Pub was not open.