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I was thinking about making a J40 a cruising machine

It's billed as one but it's not.

I just want to sail more. The thought was that if I could hold the extra weight down to about an additional 4,000 lbs it would be a good fast cruiser and when we're home we could at least have some fun with club races. Even if we didn't win we wouldn't be the last one to cross the finish line.

Of course I'd have to sail more as there wouldn't be a lot of fuel and the watermaker would have to be completely reliable.

Did I say that???? Watermaker and reliable in the same sentence? We don't have one on Tropical Dance as we carry 350 gallons. 350 will get us at least a month. We have gone 3 months during a rainy season. We could have continued except the season changed. By that time we were looking forward to a marina.

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