1) If your boat has no swim platform...great for a dinghys, swimming,
family fun and diving...you own JUNK!!!!!!!

Most swim platforms aren't big enough for a real dinghy, and are
actually quite dangerous in anything but a flat, glass-like sea state.

3) If your boat has bunks 6'6 or shorter you own badly designed
JUNK!!!!!

Depends on what you need. I'm only 5'4", so why would I care to own
bunks a foot longer than I am tall... I'd rather have more storage
space than longer bunks. In fact, when on open ocean, large bunks,
like those found on a Bennie 35s5, are often uncomfortable and
dangerous... too much room means you can't secure yourself in rough
conditions. But since you rarely leave the LI Sound, or the dock for
that matter, it probably isn't important to you. What you have/want is
a floating condo, rather than a proper sailboat.

4) If your boat is 30 feet LOA or larger and lacks a proper aft cabin
you own dated JUNK!!!!

Aft cabins can be good, but some are quite poorly implemented. Center
cockpits can be problematic with efficient steering gear.

5) If your boat has a puny wheel sized like the one on a Express 30 or
35 you own JUNK!

Some wheels are oversized because the steering system is poorly
designed, and because of the poor design, a larger wheel is needed to
give you leverage. I personally prefer a tiller. It is more
responsive, and takes up far less room in the cockpit.


7) If your boat has a tiny head with no room you own JUNK!!!!

If you're full of enough sh!t, then the largest head will not have
enough room for you.

8) If your boat's lazerette can't handle a 10' foot dinghy, 5 sail bags
without using half the space you own JUNK!!!!

Again, this is all quite subjective.

Let's face it. Most of you are frauds. You bought cheap crappy boats
(Sloco). Or you caved and bought a Trawler (Doug). Or you gave up and
bought a cat (Jeff). Or you own some slow slug-like beast that can't
sail out it's own way and needs a bow thruster to tack.

What is fraudulent about a catamaran. For some sailing, a multihull
makes far more sense than a monohull. In most cases, the cost of the
boat, the size of the boat, the finish of the furnishings on the boat
have very little to do with the quality of the person sailing the boat.
For someone who has to scream so often about how good your boat is, I
must wonder, what kind of sailor you truly are.

Serious racers want to win regattas. Individual races are not so
important.


Sorry, Jeff. You can't sell that phony bill of goods here, even if the
resident dopes want to back you. NO racer enters any race and tosses it
or takes it lightly. Most are pretty serious folks racing at 7 MPH on
average and want every win. It's 100% hillarious that you claim
otherwise, but then most of what you say is pretty funny....however
unintentionally.


RB
35s5
NY

For some sailing, a multihull
makes far more sense than a monohull.


Yup. For sitting dockside, doing a good mimic of a small motel, a multi
is great. The few we have at our club do exactly that.

RB
35s5
NY

In fact, when on open ocean, large bunks,
like those found on a Bennie 35s5, are often uncomfortable and
dangerous

You are pretty ignorant. Most Beneteau's have the same too-small bunks
found on other junky boats. You don't seem to know that Beneteau builds
several lines of boats, each quite different from the next. The First
series, like the 35s5 are nothing like the Oceanus hulls. The 35s5 was
built for fast sailing, light cruising and club racing. Our intended
usage does not include the racing. Do some research and then we can
talk.

RB
35s5
NY