DSK wrote:

Jim Cate wrote:

... Have you sailed the current model (the 26M)? They include several
fairly significant changes.


You mean like the fancy new window shape & the (snicker) rotating mast?

The only significant change I've noticed in the boat is that they put
a bit more fiberglass on the transom, which needed it badly, and
started putting in a stronger steering system so it no longer breaks
every time the wind blows more than 12 knots.

(sigh) the things they don't tell you in the advertising brochures!

DSK


The M has a completely different hull, with deeper V, and uses a narrow
dagger board instead of a pivotable keel. Because the keel doesn't
pivot back into the hull, there is no six-foot recess or pocket in the
hull for receiving the board, and no corresponding "hump" in the cabin
floor. The mast is several feet higher, and the main has a more narrow
profile. The hull has an additional layer of fiberglass. Additionally,
the boat includes several hundred pounds of fixed ballast, in addition
to the water ballast. There are a number of other changes to the cabin,
cockpit, and exterior.

Jim

Jim