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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] How To Determine If Yacht is Blue Water Wort hy
alan.pound@XXX.XXX
Date: Tue Jan 21 2003 - 12:50:08 EST
Size isn't everything. The 15 year old boy was sailing a Contessa, a boat
with a reputation for seaworthiness and having a stability curve that would
be the envy of almost anything afloat. I am willing to bet that his father
(who was racing him in another Contessa) would *not* have countenanced the
same exercise in Beneteaus of any length...
As a very general statement (and with the risks associated with any
generalisation), Beneteaus are quite lightly built quite beamy,
flat-bottomed boats (slam into wind), built to a price, and for a mission of
floating around mediterranean marinas. As an example of the sort they are
really as good as any.
You may well be fine on the trip you plan in the Beneteau, but be
circumspect about the weather conditions you choose. Personally I would say
that a Contessa would be far preferable, but I guess that isn't the boat you
have...
Alan
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