TOP POCKET CRUISER SAILBOATS 16' to 23' BEST SMALL SAILBOATS THAT YOU CAN BUY ALL AMERICAN COUNTDOWN

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Mitch, the topic of this video is such a phenomenal idea!!! And, WOW!!! LOVE how you put it all together, too!!! You are so darn creative and the content is super-informative as well!!! Keep going with it -- you make sailing what it should be -- fun, inspirational, adventurous, and attainable for anyone out there!!! Fair winds, my dear Com-Pac brother!!! ~ Chelle, SV Charm, and SV Charisma

That Flicka is gorgeous! I'm a traditional boat guy.

Thanks so much for this list! Few years till my kids are gone and they aren't enamored with sailing.... Me dreaming about a boat of my own to camp around the San Juans by myself in.

Great compilation of pocket cruisers with a short piece of their history. Very well produced video too.

Love to learn of all my options now I'll be shopping. Thanks,

Incredible list, and tough task! You really pulled a great list of boats together. I climbed inside a Flicka 20 once, and it was phenomenal—like going to a much larger—much, much, larger boat! I have a Montgomery 17 that I am preparing to sail—the balsa core was severely rotted so it has been a long job, and an important note that the Compac does not use the balsa core.. I purchased a Compac Suncat this spring, and it is an amazing blend of design aesthetics and function—this should be in the water in two weeks. I’ve sailed the Slipper 17 and it feels good and safe on the water—deep wide cockpit for a 17! Thanks again, great work!

Nice little video you put together, but damn son could you have skipped over the Flicka20 any faster? That boat is 6,000 lbs with 5'8" standing headroom and an enclosed head. I know because I owned hull #383 and there's something special about that feeling knowing that when you step aboard you can next safely step off again literally anywhere in the world because she'll take you there. I graduated to a Baba30, but that Flicka20 will always have a special place in my heart. ⚓️👨⛵

Such able sailing vessels each of these are! Fun video to watch,, thank you. I had a Southcoast 23 sloop. 1300 lb. concrete full keel with 4"10' draft . She was a joy to sail. It had a self racking inner foresail for gusty conditions, somewhat cutter rigged with an added bow sprit with a roller furling Genny, for light breezes. Small foresail was on a boom at the base which slid port or starboard on a track when racking, sheet just ran to ta jam cleat in reach of the person steering. My wife had the leisure of never needed to tack and the suntan regime was rarely broken 😂 Boy would i be happy if I didn't sell. Yep, ... everyday. The 1st sailboat on your video looks so much like the 23 I had, but her concrete keel was only encapsulated in anti-foul...lol Have a wonderful day!!

Nice selection. I was quite surprised when my picture popped up at the 9:32 mark in my Montgomery 17 CornDog.

Nice, I bought this spring Potter 19 and am restoring it

Precision 23' center board sails well. A center board is a good thing and a swing keel is trouble. Having the engine in the cockpit is a bad idea because of noise and takes up room

oh absolutely!

IMO, the best is the Glander Cay 23. 6000 lbs. displacement and standing headroom in the galley. I owned one for about 15 years and sailed it from Key West to Milwaukee. However, I don't presently care to spend much time on even a big 23 footer. I want a real head with shower and a real galley and standing headroom thoughout. 23 ft. ? Just too small.

Good vid -- I'm with you on philosophy, but I'm old and fat and standing (or nearly so) that headroom is important. I'm on my second Bristol 24 (think of `em as a Flicka stretched, built to an older standard). If yer dumb enough, the B24 will stand up to 22-28kt gusts forhours at a time without a reef, and come back with; "is that all ya got..." -- I know, cuz I've been dumb enough a couple times. But I won't quibble with your list -- ya got it...

CD Typhoon Senior - tempting.

I would like to suggest halman 20 and westerly nomad. Both are very good well built boats. I have owned both and they are excellent.

Greetings from Blighty.. Do you not have Hurley 22s over there?.. For a small boat they are incredibly sea worthy and bomb proof!..

Hi again, Mitch. I'm a new subscriber and have always wanted to sail but don't live near the ocean. I'm 55 and worrying life will pass me by before I get to follow my dream of learning sailing. We have a man made lake near to us but there's so many idiots out on jet skis and motor boats there tearing up the water but it's the only place we have to try sailing. Are the boats in your video here what you would consider good starter boats for a couple learning to sail? What is a pocket cruiser? What does that mean exactly? Sure wish we lived closer to the ocean.

Give me a Flicka please!