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• Are these broad aft racing hybrid cruisers like the Pogo 30, finally a monohull game changer?
  • vOLVO RACER for the weekend sailor
    • A bit extreme.
  • Interesting tradeoff.
    • It looks like a hydraulicly pivoting keel, Al.
      • And it comes with a - knock off - fixed keel. Under a 100k with the fixed.
      • Specs on Draft: 8' plus with the "keel" down; and less than 4' with it up
    • Not your father's centerboard (or your son's father's, for that matter) :^)))
  • View at dock of stern -- I'm sure you'd like being out in that in a bit of cold chop ;^)))
    • Try to imagine it without reading glasses, Steve, when you were 20 something.
      • So one won't have to use those reading glasses, this has a "click" to an audio reading. ;^)))
        • Hahaha! Jon would have been all over this, "death trap!"
    • It's clearly GOOD to have boats that are fun! We need more people sailing.
      • The EU sailors we know endure horrible conditions, regularly.
  • If your only idea of sailing is going fast...
    • I think you're missing something, old fart (smile)
      • What's faster, the Pogo 30 or a MaineCat 30?
        • Hulls and underbody -- sail plan (including sheet angles and sail controls.
          • Come on, let's put them on a triangular course with a constant, say 10 kt wind.
            • And then throw in an extinct Pearson 30, just for a baseline.
              • Re: And then throw in an extinct Pearson 30, just for a baseline.
                • I agree -- but... and...
                • The apparent angle of attack isn't the relative course made good with leeway.
                  • Re: The apparent angle of attack isn't the relative course made good with leeway.
            • Those fools...