Recent content by rostyvyg

I certainly would. I have friends who own both models and spent time buddy boating with them in the Bahamas and up the East Coast to Canada. Often we would be the only sailboats sailing out there when others hid from the weather. Another thing that everyone misses is that the boat design and...

I still fail to understand what discussion on merits of steel boats has to do with the topic of this thread. Seriously...

My post merely suggested that certain boat designs do certain things better. It is silly to expect an all wheel drive station wagon ("estate") to beat a sports car on a track. It is equally silly to expect a sports car to get your family, your dog and your luggage to a mountain lodge in a snow...

Re: Island Packet-are they worth it? Just wondering if we could ask moderators to move all posts on virtue of steel boats from this thread into some new thread and have them discussed there. I am sure they are worth discussing, it is my opinion, though, that they have very limited relevance to...

And I can attest from experience of being on multiple IP models that they are not. Real life trumps virtual reality, your now...

While older (2 digis) IP's were a bit slow, the new (3 digits) models over 40ft long are pleasure to sail on all points of sail. My IP420 and described earlier in the thread IP485 are latest in line aft and center cockpit models on which every other larger IP has been based. Those are hulls...

I own an IP420 (aft cockpit) and can attest that side deck is as wide as any other boat I have been on except boats with no coachroofs. Non-skid pattern is excellent. Deck is uncluttered. Sails can be totally controlled from the cockpit. Dream to singlehand. Very sea kindly motion. Shallow draft...

Why would anyone call this color pink???! Seriously, when i read that 1 out of 10 men is color blind I thought that to be an exaggeration. Now, I am not sure. The Island Packet hull color is ivory, - like of traditional billiard balls. And, BTW, it has a purpose (as pretty much everything...

Tough question. IP 380 sails a bit better in light air then IP370 and has in my opinion better layout: a slightly larger galley with 2 additional feet of counter-top space (IP380 galley is exactly the same as IP420) and a dedicated nav station. It is easier to access IP380 engine for...

..."The result is a poor sailing performance. Great as a floating luxury caravan but not really an option for satisfactory sailing." This might be true when speaking about old 2 digit models or small new 3 digit models. New large 3 digit Island Packets (starting with IP 380 and progressively so...

Wrong comparison. IP is more like a Subaru, - a constantly refined car with no radical design changes over the last 20 years. If it works, - why fix it. And it does work, speaking of Island Packets. All claims about "poor" performance are from people used to totally different types of boats. A...