DSK wrote:
or perhaps:
http://www.bruckmannyachts.com/daysailer.htm



That's a gorgeous boat.... oughta be, for the money!



Talk about pearls before swine!


Yes. I thought of the Hinckley 42DS first, but their web site ****ed
me off.


You mean their new(ish) Morris retro-classic, that looks like an old
J-class AmCup yacht?

Yes, that's the one. (Morris retro-classic???)

I do wonder about retracting the keel further than the depth of the
rudder.





You have exquisite taste in sailboats there Jeff.

Actually, I think the Bruckmann is a bit over the top. I mean, half a
mil for a daysailer is rather extreme.

Yeah, but it's intended for folks who don't have to ask the price.


... If you really want to show you have class and don't care about the
expense, you should have one of these:
http://www.macnaughtongroup.com/concordia_yawl.htm
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1503266/0


The expense there is in rebuilding it from ballast up, installing new
electrical & plumbing systems, and having a year-round staff to keep it
looking sharp. Not quite as much show off value; although driving up to
the sailing club in a vintage Rolls driven by a chauffer wearing white
gloves adds the right touch.

The real classy thing is to be able to say its been in the family for
60 years, and never needed a refit. And the real Yankee touch is to
be 80 years old, row out to the mooring in your Coquina, and single
hand it.


Actually, I think the classy touch is to have & campaign an S-boat...
you'd need 2 of them, of course... that way you could keep at least one
of them in sailing condition most of the season, with full-time help of
course.

Ah! Now there's a boat. None built in 65 years and three quarters of
them still sailing.