[paulk]

The Ohlson 38 was a great boat to sail. Reasonably fast, commodious, and comfortable in all weathers. We ran into three storms, with waves up to about 20'', winds over 40 knots. (That''s as high as the anemometer went.) We went four hours on/four off for the four crew, with the captain and his wife (the cook) on call if needed for reefing or spinnaker jybes. The Ohlson 38 handles well (and I grew up sailing a Soling) with nothing squirrelly under any point of sail. She also looks good under way and in any harbor. The skipper, Arthur Chace, went on to write "Precision Cruising", (Norton Publishing/NYC- now out of print) which outlines some of the approaches he took that fit the boat well. If you can find one- buy it!