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     Jeff Roy New member Username: Jeffr Post Number: 54 Registered: 03-2001 Rating: N/A |
This sure is great to hear! I hope to use my boat in a very similar manner. The plan is to go for daysails and a few overnighters with with my wife, who is a decent sailor but prefers to be a passenger, and my young daughter. I'll do the local PHRF beer can series but not any big regattas or one design racing. I picked up an autohelm 1000 cheap and am hoping it does the trick till I can afford a more robust model. I am pretty confident it will do fine in most conditions as long as the sails are balanced. This will be my second season with the boat -- the first one was short and a bit disappointing. I am in the middle of completely re-rigging the boat this spring. In most places I am doubling the purchase and leading everything aft so it will be easy to adjust everything. I am also installing a Seldon Furlex, which I got a new #2 cruising sail for. I think the RF credits I will get on my PHRF rating will more than make up for the performance loss, well worth it to be able to go sailing even without crew. It is funny everybody keeps saying there is no market for racer/cruisers and that there is no such thing. I agree the 9.1 is a great balance between the two extremes. It is great to go out and sail a fun boat AND be comfortable. |
