Knowledgeable and Accurate.... you've once again hit the nail squarely!

I concur with your statement...

CM



"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
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| Bob,
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| I know what you are saying and yes it can be true but probably not. When
| you say a week you are getting into the time period where cruising
| people take their "Do Dads" with them. When they do this the R/C suffers
| badly in performance. This is to be expected and is accepted. It is
| still a fast cruiser but its' performance does drop off badly, where a
| true cruiser doesn't lose that much and it does start to be a toss up of
| which boat is going to have the better over-all performance. Granted the
| "Crab Cruncher" didn't have that much to lose to start with
|
| Boat designers have spent forever trying to find the right compromise
| and will be for ever looking. That's sailing. There is untold
| personalities to be satisfied. As soon a one is satisfied the desire
| will change.
|
| For sure You and I aren't going to come up with the answer but one thing
| is sure a J30 loaded for cruising isn't going to match a Nordic. A
| stripped out Nordic, sure a hell, isn't going to out-perform a J30 in
| racing trim. Even Bob Perry says about the same thing, and he probably
| comes the closest with his fast cruiser concept.
|
| You can use it as a troll but the discussion is a old as the first "Rag
| Sailer" that hollowed out the first Keel.
|
| And; "I'll Drink to That!"
|
| Ole Thom
|