Maxprop wrote:
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I never said it was ugly. In fact, I think it has nice lines.


It's a Bill Luders design, from the hand of the man who designed winning
America's Cup racers in the mid-20th Century. His designs were all
rule-beaters, and this boat is no exception.

Luders was a great designer, but America's Cup was not hs best genre.
Weatherly was a rework of a Rhodes design (built by Luders), and
might have lost to the faster Gretel were it not for the aggressive
handling of Bud Mosbacher.


I agree completely with the rest of your comments. IIRC, Mate gushed
over the Luders 34.