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SailorMitch is wise, SailorMitch is true.....
I have a 323, and have been out in 10 ft seas and 35kt winds with it, and was very comfortable. Will get up to hull speed (7 kts) in 18kts of wind on a close reach in 1' seas, likes to be heeled at 18 degrees. Needs a reef around 25kts of wind. Since the keel is inside the hull (keel was part of the hull mold) there are no keelbolts to worry about. The only folks I know of who still make hulls like this is Island Packet. Too expensive for Hunter or Catalina. Could go on about slow beamy boats, but then I'd turn this into a 500 post thread from indignant beamers.
Rob
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