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One of my kids has become a sailor, and the other will be a power boater
In Response To: I can see your choice Larry and can also see younger people drawn to multis for performance. 
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The one who is a sailor is 21 and living in Boston now. This last summer he joined the community sailing club on the Charles River. He can walk or take the T to it, and they have Lasers Mercury 15's and 420's he can use just about any time.
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- Rodger Martins Presto 30 is cleaning up the awards in the sailing rags this year.
- new thinking?
- "New Thinking is the Common Denominator for 2011..."
- A lot of money for what I consider an ugly boat...
- oops put the image url in the wrong place
- pretty is as pretty does, imo
- You should buy an M29 Todd.
- when pigs fly
- I can see myself transitioning to a daysailer when I sell the Allied
- a Luders 16, maybe
- Are you suggesting that I am...
- Of course I already have an M36...
- that's the problem with the M36
- You did the genoa track better than morris
- My boat is an M36...
- To me that sounds like the equivalent of putting an automatic tranny in a sports car
- Morris would put a traveler on there faster than you could sign the check.
- You're probably right Tom. But the "new thinking"
- Fast isn't everything and "young people"...
- I can see your choice Larry and can also see younger people drawn to multis for performance.
- One of my kids has become a sailor, and the other will be a power boater
- You're probably right Tom. But the "new thinking"
- Morris would put a traveler on there faster than you could sign the check.
- I suspect that the main reason
- To me that sounds like the equivalent of putting an automatic tranny in a sports car
- My boat is an M36...
- Are you suggesting that I am...
- a Luders 16, maybe
- I can see myself transitioning to a daysailer when I sell the Allied
- when pigs fly
- We all know our personal biases, still I like to pretend I'm someone else when I look at a boat design.
- oops put the image url in the wrong place
- Personally,I'd rather have one of these......
- The builder now has a website for these boats.
If that doesn't revive this place,...... 