Capt. Rob wrote:
We were also aboard a Gemini 105m yesterday....interesting boat,
though smaller. Build quality looked pretty good. The owner claimed he
hit 14 knots on a reach.

Last Saturday we rode a Gemini 105m back from a local anchorage in Barnegat
Bay in light following winds. To our delight we somehow managed to outrun a
Stiletto catamaran who initially was ahead of us by perhaps 2 to 3 hundred
meters. I will not say the Stiletto was well sailed, but he finally gave up
the ghost in disgust and refused to compete (we know where this boat lives
and would most likely have been going for the night). I must say the the
Gemini was a delightful experience for me, a monohull type of person.

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare

On Aug 18, 11:49 am, "Armond Perretta"
wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:
We were also aboard a Gemini 105m yesterday....interesting boat,
though smaller. Build quality looked pretty good. The owner claimed he
hit 14 knots on a reach.

Last Saturday we rode a Gemini 105m back from a local anchorage in Barnegat
Bay in light following winds. To our delight we somehow managed to outrun a
Stiletto catamaran who initially was ahead of us by perhaps 2 to 3 hundred
meters. I will not say the Stiletto was well sailed, but he finally gave up
the ghost in disgust and refused to compete (we know where this boat lives
and would most likely have been going for the night). I must say the the
Gemini was a delightful experience for me, a monohull type of person.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegathttp://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare



Thanks for the comments. Cats are not common on the LIS, but I've
become very curious about them. We're not sure what comes next. I met
a Corbin 39 pilothouse and fell in love. Then I sailed on a big
Beneteau 51 and that's a lot of boat with comfort and good speed. Then
I saw my second Pacific Seacraft 32 Pilothouse...utterly terrible for
my waters, but a sweet boat. And finally there's what we sail now, the
Beneteau 35s5 is fast, fun and roomy enough to make us question buying
another boat, but I'm ever curious about trying out other designs.
Boats like the PDQ 36 or Gemini are very appealing, but I'm not sure I
want to give up the "feel" of a monohull.


RB
35s5
NY