"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
Maxi's Sea Sprite 34:
A devastingly old underbody combined with some serious weight and a
small rig make for a boat that needs real air to be at her best. If
Maxi is carrying older sails he's really in trouble.

Newer high-tech cruising laminates, actually. And she does half the wind
speed over 5kts of wind. Not too bad for a "devastatingly old underbody
combined with some serious weight."

Max

Newer high-tech cruising laminates, actually. And she does half the
wind
speed over 5kts of wind. Not too bad for a "devastatingly old
underbody
combined with some serious weight."

Sounds faster than Jeff's boat! And better looking of course.

RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote
On alt.sailing.asa we have some Sllllooooowwww boats! These boats are
not bad boats, but they are generally pretty darn slow and need help
from their engines in certain conditions.

Well, of course. If you bought ANY sailboat hoping to go fast you are an
idiot. Not a one of them can keep up with those hotels-on-a-barge called
cruise ships, let alone match their comfort.

No, sailboats are meant to be worked on - to keep you from having too much
idle time on your hands or money in your pockets that you might otherwise
spend on wenching or other sin. The proper guage of sailboat "goodness" is
how much money and time one spends working on one each season minus the time
actually spent sailing. I'm not sure where taking ones children to swim in a
sewer fits into that equation ....