PY23 Photos

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Owner Bill Wallace writes: We have owned a Paceship since 1993. Ours is a 1974 PY23- hull # 318, built in Mahone Bay NS. The previous owner was David Chale. The boat has never been named. We sail on Lake of the Woods, (In my opinion, the best inland waterway in North America). We keep the boat in Sioux Narrows and like to cruise to different areas of the lake during the summer. Our Paceship has a retractable keel which allows us to beach it in one of the many sandy beaches. My wife and I are both former school teachers as well as being professional musicians.

Sean Hunt a transplanted Irishman who lives in Jeddah, Hijaz, Saudi Arabia with his 1977 PY23. Sean tells us there are very few sailboats in the area and his PY23 gets a lot of attention in the neighborhood when he goes sailing! Sean is our first member on the Owners Directory out of North America!

Rick Swinton's 1974 PY23, Hull No. 192, "La Bateau" is an outboard version with a swing keel.

Rick Swinton, a proud PY23 owner, since 1992 writes:

Our Paceship is used by a family of four as a day sailor, with a few over night stays & a little informal club racing. We primarily sail in fresh water on, Lakes Couchiching & Simcoe, out of the Champlain Yacht Club, N 44 36 30.62, W 079 24 07.83, on the Trent-Severn Waterway, Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Jarek Krawczyk of Dundas, Ontario, Canada sent in these pix
of his 1973 PY23 "Happy Thoughts"

Here are pictures of our boat Paceship PY 23 . We bought it in September 2001. It is kept in the La Salle Marina, in Burlington, ON, Canada. Following frantic restoration in May 2002 we were able to launch our boat in early June. It was renamed to "Happy Thoughts".

Exterior underwent extensive renovations including replacing large areas of rotten balsa core, laminating new skin, and painting deck with one part polyurethane. I have also added some hardware, i.e. added Harken 16 self-tailing winches (very expensive but they are great) and exchanged the other (blocks etc.) .

I have also lead all sheets and halyards to the cockpit, installed new engine bracket, fabricated new ruder, refinished teak with exception of companionway hatch, to mention a few major items. The interior is still a mess, I plan to re-wire it install large water tank at the bow to balance boat better, and panel interior with red cedar planks". It can be visited at http://home.interlynx.net/~prormc/

Check out Chris and (his Dad ) Martin's pretty 1974 PY23. This is an outboard keel CB version that looks sooooo good

In the rusty colored water in Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. The PY23 is berthed

Another shot showing her rig!

Check out Ken Well's of Syracuse, NY new PY23. It's a beauty! "Capt kendo" expects to be sailing in the Onida Lake area in Maple Bay. Maybe some of you "Nawthen" Paceship owners can catch up with him there!

An interior shot of Ken Well's boat showing the galley set up. The left portion of the countertop sports a very large under counter icebox accessible through the lift up cover.

A Picture of Ray Draves' 1978 PY23. He lives in Ajo, Ariz. The pictures were taken at Roosevelt lake in Arizona

Another shot of Ray Draves' PY23 on the lake (Above) and Ray's PY23 out of the wet stuff!

Mal Altman's PY23 under sail on Lake Ontario. (Mal has recently sold his PY23!)

Simon Clark is the owner of this 1975 Paceship PY23 #308. She is slipped at Mission Bay Yacht Club, San Diego, CA. Above is "Lively" on Mission Bay.

Side by side PY23's at the dock for the night...now THERE'S a rare site!

Mal's Canadian Friend in his own PY23!

An original brochure shot of a 1976 PY23 (cleaned up a bit by TPW!)

A shot of Pat and Ashi Morin's 1980 PY23 on a sail from Baltimore, Maryland

Dave McGuire of Cleveland, OH sold his 1977 PY23 in May of 2001. Here are a few good pictures of his boat

A good shot through the companionway into the cabin

Looking forward to the V-Berth

Brian&Gerri Laxdal's 1975 PY23

This is a photo of the Ray & Joan Myers' PY23 "Joan Marie" leaving the Washedmoak Lake toward the famous Saint John River in NB, Canada.

A pretty picture of the Myers' PY23. They are from Paceship country; up around Cambridge-Narrows, NB, Canada.

Jim Gill of Coopersburg, PA PY23 Trailer Sailor!

Alex Miller of Waverly, NY wrote in:

I just purchased a 78 PY23K. This is my first boat and so far we love it! The inside is in beautiful shape with new cushions. I will be doing some additional modifications over the winter which include some added teak accessories, a new table and counter tops and new
electrical wiring and updated lighting.

See a flurry of other pictures of Phil & Marion's 1976 PY23 "Mommabear" Here!

Don Moreton of Orillia, Ontario Canada
writes this about his 1974 PY23:
"This picture of the "ALCHEMIST" was taken in Georgian Bay in 1975. With the C/B if is a perfect boat for cruising the Bay."