Let's get real: The Express 30 is an UGLY BOAT!

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/dockside.JPG

The hull aint bad, but that chunky cabin trunk ruins it along with the
leaky pasted in windows. How leaky? Steve even posted a webpage on the
repair!
Wanna get depressed as only the Express 30 can make you? Let's go
below!

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/galley.JPG

This is worse than the interior of Scooby Doo Mystery Mobile, worse
than Mister T's van! Exposed hardware is everywhere and the interior
components look exactly like those in the Chrysler boats made at the
time.

Holy low tech, Batman! Hard to believe that this is a panel on a 30
foot racer/cruiser from the 80s...or the 70s!

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/pannel.JPG

Not really depressed yet? Have a look at this Express 30 interior
shot! I think we know why Sloco NEVER posts pics of his boat here!

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/salon.JPG

I especially like the table, which looks well below O'Day quality of
the day! It's no wonder that this boat died in the market. Look at the
light fixtures...what an insult to a boat buyer to see shabby work
below.

But on Deck it's not great either....

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/cockpit.JPG

No thought for aft cleat placement as it shaves against the track. The
baby girl wheel is hard to reach from a seated outboard helmsman.
Layout is awful for family sailing or kids of course. This is why new
Tartan's have cabin top arrangements.

Like many ugly Canadian stern sections, some took aesthetic refuge in
actually painting the huge slab of glass! It didn't help!

http://tmt.ca/sail/images/wildfire/wsailing4.JPG

Oh my!

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/6/...?1176134164000

Hey, I thought room behind my wheel was tight! Look at this!!!!
Express 30....perfect for Paris Hilton!

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/6/...?1171750440000

No room for magazines!

http://newimages.yachtworld.com/1/6/...?1171751275000


So in closing.....have a look at a much more modern, fun, comfortable
sweet looking design above and below deck!
http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/ima...teriorweby.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/images/fast35s5.jpg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S8CqSXMnFaA


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35s5
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