On Saturday, March 29, 2014 9:26:09 PM UTC-7, Wayne. B wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:28:23 -0700 (PDT), Tim

wrote:





In August of 1972 my wife and I chartered a Bristol 25 for two weeks.



It was our first cruising experience on Long Island Sound and Block



Island. It was a pretty small boat and didn't sail very well but we



had a great time. A year or two later we bought a Westerly 28 which



was another small boat but it was like the Queen Mary compared to the



Bristol. We did a lot of sailing on the Westerly and once got as far



as eastern Maine with it - big adventure for us at the time. We



actually did sell that boat for more than we paid, considerably more,



but that was a time of very high inflation and we had repowered it



with a new Volvo diesel.



From a 25 to a 28'



What made the big difference in their performance, Wayne?



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Taller mast, bigger and better sails, more efficient keel with less

wetted surface (lower drag, greater lift), longer water line length.



It also had a much bigger main cabin.



When our kids got to be 5 or 6 we decided it was time for another

bigger boat and we got the Cal-34 that we had for many years. That

was another huge jump in relative size and performance, still small by

the standards of many, but it served us well for a long time.

Understood. Unless something radical it does seem odd that a mere 3 feet can make that big of a difference.

Like going from my 18 ft. Chris Craft to the 23 ft. Marquis.