On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:15:35 GMT, "Gordon Wedman"
wrote:

Personally I'd get the boat with the 6 foot draft and outfit a full batten
main with one of the above systems. You would have a boat that would point
better and be faster overall than the 4'9" draft boat.

It depends on where you want to cruise. The Chesapeake, south Florida
and the Bahamas can be a struggle with 6 ft of draft.