On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:17:48 -0500, Charlie Morgan wrote:

This boat would be a HUGE mistake for you Rob. It draws over 8 feet! That is a
major drawback in your home waters. M-A-J-O-R.

Not that big a problem in Long Island Sound or New England, lots of
deep water ports available. South Florida, Chesapeake Bay, ICW or
Bahamas however, fuhgedabodtit.

Thanks for the great replies. Draft IS AN ISSUE and somehow I was under
the impression that the B43 was 7.1 and not 8 feet. We chose our
current boat over a C&C 34XL in part because the 35s5 had pretty good
performance and a wing drawing slightly less than 5 feet.
We discussed it over dinner and agreed that a good deal isn't always a
good idea. Of course some of my friends will be ****ed off, but we
already have a sweet little 35 footer and went through considerable
trouble to locate such a clean example. We decided not to complicate
things. Still, if our son was 4 instead of 2 and we weren't buying a
house next summer....I'd probably have a harder time being so practical
about it.

This is our current boat...which we'll be keeping for a while!
http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html

and a video clip of her sailing (with her old mylar sails-We have
Kevlar now)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d0nSgsgOApg

Thanks again,


Robert & Suzanne
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY

Yeah! A Baltic 43 daysailor ! go for it ''CAPT''.




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Thanks for the great replies. Draft IS AN ISSUE and
somehow I was under
the impression that the B43 was 7.1 and not 8 feet. We
chose our
current boat over a C&C 34XL in part because the 35s5 had
pretty good
performance and a wing drawing slightly less than 5 feet.
We discussed it over dinner and agreed that a good deal
isn't always a
good idea. Of course some of my friends will be ****ed
off, but we
already have a sweet little 35 footer and went through
considerable
trouble to locate such a clean example. We decided not to
complicate
things. Still, if our son was 4 instead of 2 and we
weren't buying a
house next summer....I'd probably have a harder time being
so practical
about it.

This is our current boat...which we'll be keeping for a
while!
http://hometown.aol.com/bobsprit/index.html

and a video clip of her sailing (with her old mylar
sails-We have
Kevlar now)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d0nSgsgOApg

Thanks again,


Robert & Suzanne
35s5 "Heart of Gold"
NY