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"Roger Long" wrote:

The E32 was drawn to be a rather plain and straightforward boat. Ted
Irwin knew what he was doing, however. He wasn’t trying to make an
aesthetic statement but there is a straightforward integrity and
competence about her lines that I find very easy to nice at.

Still, I really didn’t like hearing that.

Pat and I knew we had an ugly boat in the beginning, but she grew on us
very early on. Fellow Tanzer owners described the 28 as a "school bus
with sails". We describe her as an ugly duckling, pregnant guppy, or our
"freighter with legs".

As we start our 14th season as Xan's caretakers, similar comments now
only garner snickers. She gives us just about everything we need,
outruns boats nearly twice her length, and we expect she'll outlast us
if we continue to be good caretakers.

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Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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