Herbie53

Remember Hi-Tech just means the parts are more expensive and need to be replaced more often to preserve peak performance!!!! Do you know how long the top Tornado sailors use a set of sails for??? A spinnacker is used for (1)Regatta only then replaced.

Roland has a much more complex decision to make then just buying the highest tech boat availible ... he has a famiy to include in his decision.

Roland, when you get a chance come to RockHall Yacht Club (www.rockhallyachtclub) in Rock Hall Md. On June 19,20 &21st we have two different races: Down the River and The Annual One-Design Regatta (2-day). Camping on site, Clubhouse w/ resturant, bar, POOL!!! and most of the WRSC A-Catter's bring their families and attend.

So while I would love a A-Cat I would never try to do the C-100, Down the Bay, Worell, Tybe ... etc, etc, on a A-Cat

BUT I would take my ol' TheMightyHobie18 and start and COMPLETE any of those races ... if fact between my TheMightyHobie18 and P19 I've done the DTB and C100, +15 races ... should we add in the Statue of Liberty races also ???

And the more technical the boat ... the more experienced the crew must be .... Hows that work when you are trying to sail w/ your kids and start them sailing?????

I started sailing/racing w/ my niece when she was 9yrs old on my P19MX and realized it was too much boat for us to controll .... so we re-assembled my TheMightyHobie18 and have been racing her together for the last 4yrs. And I given Megan the "tiller" also during races ..... would you give a 14yr old the tiller to a +20,000 boat??? during a race????

Harry Murphey
TheMightyHobie18/P19MX