Paul Cassel wrote:
However, a water capacity of
50 gallons is thin for moving 'beyond'.

Is it impossible to put in a bigger tank? For potable water,
bladder tanks work fine.

... I may be wrong here, but I think
if you loaded this boat up with what most folks take to hit the south
pacific, it'd sail terribly.


Why?

Wayne.B wrote:
Those are good points. Another thing to consider is that virtually
all racing boats are designed to sail with a lot of crew weight on the
rail (movable ballast). Without that extra stability, most if not all
will have trouble carrying full sail in any kind of breeze, and will
lack power going to windward.


If true, that is a good point. But it's still quite possible
that the boat will develop enough power to sail to windward
quite capably and better than at least 75% of "cruising"
boats. A lot of older racing boats have had improved bulb
keels added, which makes a huge difference.

One thing to bear in mind is that racing boats are generally
designed to be easily driven and to steer relatively well
while driving hard. They will sail effectively under
shortened sail and the more efficient rig is less work.

The other strikes me as foozling around on the edge of
almost-logic, looking hard for an excuse to dislike
something you already hate. Why would Boat X, much faster
than Boat Y when both are in normal sailing trim, suddenly
become much slower than Boat Y when both are heavily loaded?

It seems more sensible to me that a light, strongly built
boat with a fast hull, would carry loads much better than a
boxy hull that was heavier to begin with.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King