flaming
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I've seen a few things that bloke has put out.
Shall we just say I don't think I see eye to eye with him....
A Capable Family Cruiser
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Shall we just say I don't think I see eye to eye with him....
Chiara’s slave
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He certainly has a different take on family finances! The kids sailing thing, ours were ‘competitive’ on the water too, not that anyone else was racing. Our boat might just squeeze yours on home comfort, in spite of our lack of interior volume, on grounds of having an enclosed heads, though Grandma might have a struggle to get in. It’s offshore compact, you can comfortably brace against all four walls, and the ceiling too if required, without leaving your seat. We’d have been the only faster boat, I suspect, on a beat down the Solent. Though we would definitely have to be trying. We find the same, poorly setting sails, iron genoas, and people simply choosing to go the other way. A capable family cruiser…. It depends what you want it to be capable of. We happily trade comfort for performance. We want our family cruiser to be capable of actually sailing.
lustyd
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Is that a thing or is that a typo?
flaming
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Whoops! Hob!Is that a thing or is that a typo?
Stemar
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It's what you get when you both have the vindalooIs that a thing or is that a typo?
justanothersailboat
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Sounds like a great trip, Flaming, but I wonder how much of the difference you encountered was the boat and how much the sailor. I have a markedly slower, smaller and more basic boat than you and I'm nowhere near as experienced a sailor either, but we still get the "why is nobody else we can see sailing properly in this, this is great!" feeling every so often.
flaming
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Some truth in that... But really my point was more that a "Capable family cruiser" is not limited to one interpretation.
