I concur Max... several people thought my vessel might be for sale this year
because I didn't launch.... one offer was for a ridiculous amount above the
market value.

I wouldn't sell my boat for 3 times it's market value.....

I like my boat.

It's a joy to sail and a pleasure to own.

CM


"Maxprop" wrote in message
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