No Nutsy;

The Gulf 32 is a full keeler. She is fairly HUGE for a 32. She has
loads of space but that is what makes her a Pig in light air.

The 29 Gulf, ah yes. She is a Gulf above the water line but below the
water line she is a "Newport 30" A real pretty hull and fast. She'll
sail circles around the 32. She does this at a sacrifice to space. My
bilge is about 9" deep at the sump. That is one of the reasons for bring
the Head back into the Pilothouse, which did away with the Quarter
Berth. I also removed a huge, beautiful double drop leaf table in favor
of a small swing up table. Removing that table and bulkhead increased
usable space in the PH and around the inside helm.

She is a pretty fast single hander and an acceptable week-ender. Before
I opened up the PH it was like your 35s5. A lot of Crap crowded into a
small space. They tried to make a 29 footer into a 32 Gulf. It didn't
work.

It did make up into exactly what I WANTED, however I still curse that
inboard engine when I have to do maintenance. Like dropping the shaft.
had to remove the hot water heater to uncouple the shaft.

You can play tricks with space (or the lack of it) but it will catch up
with ya!

The 29 Gulf has reduced wetted area tremendously. This has increased the
speed



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