On Apr 28, 12:15 pm, wrote:
A friend of mine downsized from a Mumm 36 to a Soverel 33. Great light
air boat, and he likes not having to keep together a larger crew of
more highly skilled sailors to race effectively. The Mumm was not a
very forgiving boat, and required a crew of 9. The quality of his
Soverel is a little lacking, but the boat sails very well, and that's
all he cares about.

If your friend thinks that "quality is lacking" in any Soverel built
boat, he needs to get out more. They were all quite well built. The
racing boats like the 33 were built LIGHT... a whole 'nother thing. If
they were built like a Hallberg-Rassy, they'd be slow and nobody would
want one.

My friends boat is one of the "Soverel Senior" boats, like the Soverel
37 ketch... in fact it's hull shape has a noticable family
resemblance. It's a keel centerboard, roomy, relatively fast (we were
going 4.5 close hauled under a reefed main along). Seems very solidly
built but of course much heavier than the later generation Soverel
race boats. Heck, the Soverel 33 only weighs about 25% more than my
Santana 23.

DSK