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Melges 24 vs. J80
Having sailed both, the Melges 24requires a highly skilled and resonably athletic crew. These are tough boats to sail well and to sail competitively under PHRF. In the right hands these boats have a lot of speed but in the wrong hands they are not all that fast. They are at their best as a one design racer.
The J-80 is a completely different type of boat. They are far more sedate to sail and come no where near the speed potential of a Melges. I really do not like the J-80 and consider it to be marginally a sport boat.
Jeff
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