COLUMBIA 23 / T-23 SAILBOAT PROMOTIONAL FILM TRAILERABLE SAILING XD72444b

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This promotional film for the "Columbia 23" or T-23 sailboat dates to the 1970s, and emphasises the fact that the design is easily trailered -- in fact, the film calls this type of sailing "trailer sailing". "Anywhere your car can make it, the Columbia 23 is sure to follow, " states the narrator. "We call this feature-filled, quality built yacht the long-distance trailer sailboat." With its streamlined, double-hull construction, the Columbia 23 was considered a breakthrough in trailer boat design. It was designed by Australia's Alan Payne and produced by Columbia Yachts in the USA from 1973-77. Over 400 were built in that time period, and the molds were re-used to build many other boats. The T-23 also inspired a number of copies. The T-23 was built out of fiberglass with an aluminum mast and teak wood trim, over 800 pounds of lead ballast, and featured an outboard for marina operations. It has a full keel, masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed shoal draft fin keel.

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All Comments (21)
  • @mjames978
    The car looks longer than the boat. Nice to see these two beauties together
  • @stevensoutdoors
    Oh my goodness. This video is definitely selling the "dream" of sailing, rather than the reality. And those 70s clothes. πŸ˜› My dad had this exact boat and we trailered it behind his 1968 International Travelall (giant SUV of the time). I don't know what ramps they were using for this promo film, but we filled the back of that TravelAll with water at every ramp. The Caddy they used here must have had a trunk filled with water. I'm sure the ladies were not pleased at the dunking of their clothing bags! And it turns out once you've stowed the boom and the sailbags and the rest of your gear down below in the boat, and with the mast tied down for trailering for you to bang your head on, it's no longer much of a camper. We stayed in inexpensive motels on the road rather than camping, after trying it once. A boat like this does "sleep four." Once. Then they all know better. πŸ˜€ ...and yet. Small boats like this can and do get people out on the water, where they have a heck of a blast. And one or two folks can comfortably overnight on a small trailer-sailor in some great locations and anchorages, sometimes staying on the boat, and sometimes beaching, and camping on shore nearby. ...and the actors in this film ARE sailing the boat in some of those clips. I sail a different boat now. (Slightly smaller actually) and still enjoy sailing it, and yes trailing it and launching it in different scenic locations. Just a bit more to the work and inconvenience and aggravation factor than clips like this that are "selling it" would have had you believe. It's February now. Months until the sailing season starts again. Sigh. πŸ™‚
  • @wolfmanradio
    They seriously left the dog at the house. They should have taken her with them on the boat.
  • @marktubeie07
    Those pants......! As colorful as the Partridge Family bus ! They also raided the KPM library music big time.
  • @Ctrl-XYZ
    The amphibious Cadillac is a 1973 Eldorado.
  • @DarryllC
    First the outboard is a Mercury. Then it's a Johnson. Then it's gone. And finally it is a Mercury again.
  • @DerrickOil
    I would not drive a Cadillac towing a sailboat out onto a wooden dock.
  • @badapple65
    Plenty of these old Columbias still exist. I know of one in particular I see every Summer on Green Lake, WI
  • @MW-on1ft
    Oh! Gawd! Those striped bell bottom pants, I had those back in grade school in the 70's . Mine were red, white and blue. Absolutely hated the damn things!
  • @AirplaneDoctor_
    I had multi coloured stripy trousers like that in primary school in the early 70's, hated them with a passion.....
  • @yuma420
    A very diverse group of the ferns and the docks.
  • @hook86
    Tried that "one person rigging" on my C23 today... that 60 lb mast is the heaviest damn 60 lbs I've ever felt! One man stepping AIN'T happening without some major tricks! Also this thing is being towed by a CAR? Bro! The whole rig (trailer included) has to weight around 5k! Im assuming the transmission in that ride barely survived filming!
  • @JenkinsBoatWorks
    I only ever knew of one Columbia 23 and it was being parted out. I took the 800 lb lead keel to be melted down and poured as a new keel for the Haven 12 1/2 that I built. cut the whole bottom off with a chainsaw!
  • @orgy70
    Imagine bringing a sailboat as a camper away from water
  • @stump182
    7 minutes in before they actually get on the water.