Thanks for the great replies. Draft IS AN ISSUE and somehow I was under
the impression that the B43 was 7.1 and not 8 feet. We chose our
current boat over a C&C 34XL in part because the 35s5 had pretty good
performance and a wing drawing slightly less than 5 feet.
We discussed it over dinner and agreed that a good deal isn't always a
good idea. Of course some of my friends will be ****ed off, but we
already have a sweet little 35 footer and went through considerable
trouble to locate such a clean example. We decided not to complicate
things. Still, if our son was 4 instead of 2 and we weren't buying a
house next summer....I'd probably have a harder time being so practical
about it.

This is our current boat...which we'll be keeping for a while!
http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html

and a video clip of her sailing (with her old mylar sails-We have
Kevlar now)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d0nSgsgOApg

Thanks again,


Robert & Suzanne
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY