He has just purchased a racer cruiser that can easily best
almost every vessel on this newsgroup... even though he has never raced
a
boat nor won a trophy. That alone speaks volumes about his abilities in

vessel selection.


Quite right. And unless someone here has taken their boat across the
Atlantic, I have no more respect for you than I would for a lake
sailor. You don't need to win races to own a fast boat, as Mooron
correctly points out. You can just enjoy a more spirited ride and
there's no doubt that my 35s5 will best most of the boats on the group
handily. In fact I can let Suzanne singlehand the 35s5 and she'd still
beat most of you.
It's a superior design and quite fast. I believe the only boats that
could compete are Donal's first series and I seem to recall Bart having
something lean and fast. The rest of you have made pretty sad boat
picks.
And that's a fact.

Robert B
Beneteau 35s5
NY