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No Escape
Capt. Rob wrote:
Maybe you could post some "fit and finish" shots of the Benny after 15 or 20 years of sailing....I'm sure you'll find they will look far worse that any yacht built in the early 90's.....did you not wonder at the almost stunned exclamations of your surveyor? Ozzy, you really should know better than that. The surveyor was shocked at her condition because most 35s5's have been raced hard. No boat looks good after being put away wet too many time over 15 years. But in this case the boat was unused for some years and hardly raced at all. She was used by a dot-com company for entertainment for several years and the interior was untouched. I looked at an older 345 that was also in great condition because it was maintained properly. My 35s5 was built in 1990 by the way. Her fit and finish is above average, "better than most production boats" as noted by two surveys. She's certainly nicer than the well regarded C&Cs we looked and a match for the Caliber and Island Packet. Some construction points for you. Hey deck is typical cored, with solid sections in loaded areas. Her hull is NOT cored and uses a lighter weight stringer network for rigidity, key in weight saving along with her honeycombed interior pieces. 35s5's are not known to have a weak deck. I found one with one area of wet core due to a mast impact and bad repair. My deck is bone dry. In every respect it exceeds Mooron's vessel, both in design and execution. It's faster, larger, more comfortable in most conditions and certainly more versatile and fun. There are a zillion boats like Mooron's...heavy, full keeled beasts with traditional interiors. I bought the 35s5 because it was one of the few 35 footers that combined fine performance with splendid accomodation...large sleeping areas, two private cabins, a large head, swim platform, large cockpit and so on. Mooron sees a bright well fit varnished interior and can only assume it must be plastic. This only proves he's sailing an ancient, if ploddingly capable craft, but remains desperately out of touch. Them's the facts. RB 35s5 NY Jeez, you do go on....... |
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