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Jeff, I yield to your first-hand account. I''m actually feeling sorry for your Mom right now.<g>

What you describe is different from other reports I''ve heard (two in-depth, based on sustained ownership) so I''m wondering if, during production, some major changes were made (for better or worse) in the ballast and/or sail plan. Manufacturers do mod their original products in a multitude of ways, as you know. Perhaps that accounts for the difference.

OTOH I''ll stand by my other comments, which I don''t think are in conflict with your specific E37 critique. Boats are helped to change over the years but we talk about them in a time-frozen way. And the grit and effort crews take with them into a voyage - and what they put into a given boat, before they leave - seem IME to be far more influential to the eventual outcome.

Jack