Maxprop wrote:
I'd suspect that most sailors who buy them for coastal cruising and
daysailing become as frustrated with them as I did. They are interminably
sluggish in under 15kts. of wind. (read: no damn fun at all)
Max

Excellent solution............... sail them in areas where 15 k plus is
typical.

I finsihed spending a couple years in an area where the average summer
wind speed was about 15 kt. Probem was it was days of zero then days of
30 +. The hunters, catalina and macgregors hated it, etihter not
enough or to much. ANd then there were the too slugs in the marina. at
35 the two slugs were josssling in their slips and staining at the
lines. Just couldnt wait to go sailing. Tis amazing how nimble and
responsive a slug/snail mullosk type boat becomes in the wind in which
they were intended. They just jump alive, get tight, are eager to
point.

For the music players. Ever play a solid silver flute. They just dont
make music until the air temp is about 82 degrees. Then they just come
alive an nearly jump out of your hand. Unless that metal gets heated up
ya got a flat lifeless chunk of metal.

Boats are the same.