"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Is a better looking boat than this:


http://www.sailinglinks.com/images/RedCloud.jpg


Redcloud's ports scuttle her looks.

A Sea Sprite 34 is more generic than a Nordic 30

I'll grant that CCA-type boats were relatively common in the 40s and 50s,
but not today. She never fails to attract compliments and photographers
like flies every time she's on the water. And at the dock. Her curving
sheerline and aesthetic overhangs never fail to draw praise and smiles.

and a slower boat.

That would be a serious mistake if you chose to race against my boat in,
say, a fin keel Catalina 34 with a PHRF of 144. My boat tends to sail with
C34s upwind and beats them easily off the wind or downwind. My boat placed
second in her class in the Chicago-Mac. Her rating of 190 is a gift.

The
Nordic's stern section makes a bit more timeless.

The Nordic isn't the prettiest of the canoe stern boats, but it is better
looking than, say, something with a horrendous, big-ass swim platform.

Max