Mike, the Express 30 could never be a OD boat
since it was a semi-custom boat. Look at the
differences between Ringmaster, Pony and Vivace.
BTW, how'd the race go?
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Steve
S/V Pony Express

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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: Funny that with five J30's on City Island (I
know 4 of the owners) none of
: them have any serious problems.
:
: Maybe they are all as stupid as you are.
:
: Also, the J30 website lists some of the
problems, but aside from the
: bulkheads (not a big job), it's pretty rare for
the J30 to need much.
:
: Rare if the boat has had the work done
already.
:
: The 30 was a successful boat, where the
Express wasn't.
:
: Different times dimwit. The J30 started out
in boom times - 1979 - and had
: a good run because of one design status. The
Express started out in the mid
: eighties just before things went sour in the
sailboat building business when
: MANY quality builders failed. Hell, S2 one of
the most respected builders of
: the time and a tremendously popular boat with
charter trade desided to close
: shop.
: You know nothing about boats.
:
: Show me a pics of Express 30's
competing against each other in an
: anual race!
:
: Gee I guess your attempting to come up with
a winning challenge with that
: one. We all know there's not enough hulls in
most areas to do that and
: secondly there would have to be some interest.
However I do understand there
: is or has been a one design class on the Great
Lakes because of the number of
: boats that were sold in that area.
: S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
: Trains are a winter sport