Surly You Jest Loco!!

Fast... No!
Upgrade from a Mac26X..... barely!
Assumption of Quality...... Base-less.

Loco... having sailed and rescued one.... I can tell you it's a POS!
It has a very narrow wind limit and points badly. It's useless down wind.

The Rescue... The Hunter 28 was having trouble.... going up wind then
falling off.... people hailing me..... so I scooted out to them from my
mooring in Yellowknife Bay. I got aboard and was informed the wind was too
strong and the boat would not sail up the channel.[28kts] I sailed it up the
channel...... 9 tacks later I realized it wasn't able to do any better than
that..... I did the same a half hour earlier in 3 tacks....... same
conditions! ....with a Double Ended Clam Crusher!!!!

CM


"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
|
| Don't know what the one you saw was doing and I don't know how fast
they are
| but I do know that they were used for the Liberty Cup in N.Y. one year.
| On another note I think they are a pretty good value at times. Mid 80s
28
| footer, standing headroom, H&C pressure water, inboard diesel, not bad
looking,
| decent amount of sail area. I've seen them advertised as low as the mid
teens.
| S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
| "No shirt, no skirt, full service"