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druid wrote:

First it was a Catalina 27. Then, an Ericson 27. Now, I'm considering
Islander 28 or Crown 28. Here's my Take so far:


Don't concern yourself much with apparent speed or anything like that,
as your criteria is "how well does the boat do what I want it to do?"

In most day sail events, the difference between the fastest and slowest
sailboat is that the fastest will be settling down on their anchor as
the slowest show up.

And a slow hull-form can transform itself from slow to moderately-fast
by a sail change.

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