"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
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?


That'd be a sled, right? OK consider it done.
Will you cash a check for me first?


OzOne wrote:
Hmm, don't know what an Aphrodite is, but an Etchells is 30' with a
fixed keel and no cabin.
A far different boat to the Ross 650 which goes on/off a trailer in a
few minutes anywhere there's a ramp and can easily overnight.


Here's the Aphrodite... it's a gorgeous boat
http://www.aphrodite101.info/history.htm

It's understandably slower than the Etchells, being a good
bit heavier, more freeboard, and a slightly smaller rig.
Higher aspect ratio, it looks like, but less sail area.

If I get a keelboat & keep it in a slip, then I'm going to
have to haul it & leave it out of the water all next year.
If I get a trailerable boat, it has to be ramp launchable
but I can keep it in the sailing club lot around the corner
and it stores itself. Having already gone the trailerable
cruiser route, I'm getting interested in the prospect of a
sportier trailerable.

There are a lot of cool boats for sale out there, but
unfortunately none seem to be near by.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

There are two ways to go. One is for a downwind rocket
sled, and the other is the upwind god like an Aphrodite.

I love going downwind fast, as do most people. Still you
eventually have to turn around and go upwind. And since
it takes 50% longer to sail upwind--more in waves, a boat
that will sail to weather is a blessing, while one that cannot
is a curse. An upwind boat will still do ok with a 'chute
downwind.

So what else is out there that rates a bit better, has a cabin
and is trailerable?

"DSK" wrote

"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
I think you should decide what rating you want and then get
the boat. How about -21?


That'd be a sled, right? OK consider it done.
Will you cash a check for me first?

If I get a trailerable boat, it has to be ramp launchable but I can keep
it in the sailing club lot around the corner and it stores itself. Having
already gone the trailerable cruiser route, I'm getting interested in the
prospect of a sportier trailerable.

There are a lot of cool boats for sale out there, but unfortunately none
seem to be near by.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King