No, they're not. I've gone cruising in lightweight racing dinghies and daysailors - that
isn't real "cruising." Taking a J30 to Block Island isn't the same as heading DownEast
for the season.

You can add the tankage to a J30 if you want, but who would be so stupid? You'd just end
up with a boat that's slower than a proper cruiser, but not as strong! Here's a J35 that
tried to cruise Maine:
http://www.cliffisland.com/boat.html

Bottom line is, anything's possible. I know people have cruised J30 all over. But for
some reason, you don't see too many of the where most cruisers go. And usually, they're
young guys have the cheapest vacation possible.




"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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That's a losing point, Boobie. If you fitted out a J30 for cruising the way
most real
cruisers fit out, you'd have a rather slow boat. Actually it would be almost
impossible,
since the J30 only holds 30 gallons of water and less fue

You guys crack me up! "Real cruisers?" Bwahahahaha! I have friends who just
grab a few things and dissapear on their boats for weeks, but I guess they're
not REAL cruisers.
Since adding water tankage to a J30 would cost upwards of 2-300 bucks, I guess
you can't cruise them!
As for fuel....J30's don't do a lot of motoring. Come to think of it, niether
does my C&C.

Dopes!

RB