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Default trashed a J 100 tonight sail # USA 11

One of these
http://www.v15.org/photos/2004Nation...s/DSC_4284.jpg

Vanguard 15, popular with the recently-graduated college



OzOne wrote:
Looks like a 420 knockoff.


In some ways, yes... same basic idea. They're a bit more
powerful than a 420. Longer, finer entry, firmer bilge,
higher aspect & bigger rig. The 420s here are mostly open
(always remind me of a bathtub) but the Vanguard 15 is
mostly decked-over... although with typical Vanguard
quality, the deck is not to be walked on by anybody weighing
over 55kg (120 lb).

I think of it as a kids boat, but they are fun. They are
pretty good light air boats. Too light & fragile to be a
club boat or a trainer. It doesn't do anything a Tasar
doesn't do better & faster (although it is simpler), but
that class never really caught on here either.

No such thing as the perfect boat, is there?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

 
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