So... any thoughts? Anybody own/sail an Ericson 27? An Islander 28? Crown
28? How fast are they? Not looking for cutthroat racing, just getting to
my destination faster, or sailing in light air instead of having to motor.

druid

We owned an Islander 28 for ten years and thought it was a very nice
boat. Our boat had some crazing in the deck gelcoat that lowered her
value both when we bought her and sold her. We had two head sails for
it, a 110 and a 150 and used the 150 most of the time in the summer.
She sailed nice, had a nice layout down below and I thought it was
well put together. We didn't have a dodger on it and we found out
what we were missing for ten years when our next boat came with one.
Get a dodger!

There are some pictures of our old Islander in this video link
including some footage of us going through Malibu Rapids when it was
running at 9 knots.

Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjLgDt9-XI