has some experience with a Ross 650...

There are a few... very few... of these in the U.S. and
since I'm looking for a small zippy trailerable, what are
these boats like?

From the pictures & the numbers, it looks like these boats
will blow the doors off any small U.S. trailerable except
the newest sportsboats. A bit too much cabin at the expense
of cockpit space, but that would be OK since I'm not going
to be sailing with a crowd and only racing casually.

Any word?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

... Ross 650...


OzOne wrote:
Great boat Doug.
Fast and nimble, they sail much faster than they appear capable.

Hmmm, a sleeper, eh?
Now that's cool. Judging by the pictures they are handsome
little boats too.


Cockpit is wide and quite roomy for a boat this length and they're
tough, can't remember if they're a foam or combination of foam and
balsa laminate


Do they have a reputation for being stuck together pretty
well? They're rather light compared to most US boats in that
size range but not unbelievably so.

A lot of US built boats are 10% to 25% heavier than their
brochure says. One nice thing about the Lightning (or any
hard-chine boat, once you get familiar with it) is that you
can tell at a glance if the boat is heavy by the height of
the chines relative to the waterline.

The Ross 650 that I spotted for sale is a long drive from
here, but it sounds like it's worth checking out. Thanks!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Do they have a reputation for being stuck together pretty
well? They're rather light compared to most US boats in that
size range but not unbelievably so.


OzOne wrote:
There are a few in my yacht club and they seem to have no problems at
all, and they've been sailed pretty hard.

OK, I'm convinced. I know what you all mean when you say
"sailed hard."

Were the US ones shipped over or built there?


Probably shipped over or brought by an owner who moved her.
It's also possible a few were built in Canada under license.

At this point I'm serious enough to spend a phone call,
that's one thing to ask the guy.



The Ross 650 that I spotted for sale is a long drive from
here, but it sounds like it's worth checking out. Thanks!


Easter coming up...take a drive :-)


Does anybody else see the irony in burning 75+ gallons of
fossil fuel in order to go sailing?

DSK

OzOne wrote in message news


Easter coming up...take a drive :-)


Yeah, gas is only $2.45 / gal. now.

SBV

OzOne wrote
tough, can't remember if they're a foam or combination of foam and
balsa laminate

http://www.rossyachts.com/aross.htm

OzOne wrote
tough, can't remember if they're a foam or combination of foam and
balsa laminate


Bart Senior wrote:
http://www.rossyachts.com/aross.htm


Thanks, I saw that website too. Looks like a great little
boat. Problem- it's a long drive!

The numbers suggest this boat would rate about 145 PHRf,
which is really fast for a 21 footer.

DSK

$0.25 to $0.45 higher out here.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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OzOne wrote in message news


Easter coming up...take a drive :-)


Yeah, gas is only $2.45 / gal. now.

SBV

Capt. JG wrote:
$0.25 to $0.45 higher out here.


Heck, I'm not driving *that* far. Although there are a lot
of cool boats out there.

DSK

I'm just about to spend $50 on gas today doing that exact thing... looking
at boats. :-)

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
$0.25 to $0.45 higher out here.


Heck, I'm not driving *that* far. Although there are a lot of cool boats
out there.

DSK

Still not fast enough. The Aphrodite rates 132. My Echells
beats it--rates 126 in California--not sure what it would rate
around here.

I think you should decide what rating you want and then get
the boat.

How about -21?

"DSK" wrote

The numbers suggest this boat would rate about 145 PHRf, which is really
fast for a 21 footer.