"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:5EKcf.137392$Io.57988@clgrps13...
Such a sloppy cast... I shouldn't bite really.. but I like you so....
"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
Mooron bought a Nordic 30. He is clearly bought into all the full keel
crap created by sorry owners of such boat. For most sailing conditions
a fin keel boat is faster and more fun of course. Full keel boats are
nearly gone from production now for that very reason. We can assume
that Mooron is someone who listens to hype and ignores hard numbers.

Not at all the way it went Bobsprit.... I just didn't like fin keelers at
all. I sailed both types many times prior to deciding I much preferred the
full keelers. The 38 Cabo Rico I sailed for a month in the Bahamas settled
the matter. There was no hype nor info where I was living at the time..
Yellowknife. Most of the sailboats there were fin keelers. My friends
prefer sailing on my boat due to it's design and well mannered behaviour.
It's way more comfortable and can easily handle the worst of gales we are
subject to up there. It can easily carry the supplies for an extended trip
and has no problem keeping pace with much larger fin keelers.

But the best is that it's got beautiful lines, it has grace and power
under sail ....and it's not a cheap white plastic knock-off that looks
like every other boat in the bay... you know.. like your C&C 35s5! :-)

Don't bother, CM. He'll never get it.

We sailed a number of boats before buying the Sea Sprite 34 we now own. A
daysail on a Catalina 34 in 3' closely-space chop made both my wife and me
queasy. We never get that on Clover. What we do get is a very decent ride,
even in nasty seas, and speed on par with any Catalina 34 afloat. Read
Ferenc Mates' chapter on the Sea Sprite (Luders) 34 in his book Best Boats.
He sums it up rather well.

Full keels don't necessarily mean slow. Given the right conditions,
Bubbles' fin keel Bendy Toy won't be in view over your transom after an hour
or so. And he and his crew will be beat to death while you and yours will
be comfortable and feeling secure. Granted, on those nice 10kt days with
flat water he'll leave you and me behind. But that ability is little
consolation when the seas and winds play rough, or when cruising in a
variety of conditions. Lastly, my boat and yours will probably be worth
more than they are now if and when we put them on the block down the road.
Bubbles' plastic fantastic will be worth about half what he paid for it in
ten years. Such is the plight of mass-produced boats for the masses.

Max