[Jeff_H]

For the record my criticism applies to the Coronado 35''s and 41''s. The smaller Coronado''s (23 & 25) were much simplier boats, and were adequately engineered for the substantially smaller loads that they experience in normal use. They sail reasonably well and can provide a lot good sailing for the dollar. If you don''t get into one expecting to restore it to ''like new condition, these are good boats to own. Of course, even for most of the smaller Coronado''s, if a prior owner has not addressed the issue, their standing and running rigging is past its safe lifespan and thier galvanized iron keel bolts should be changed.

The 35''s and 41''s were miserable designs from a hydrodynamic standpoint and were poorly engineered and constructed. The costs for putting one of these larger Coronado''s into any kind of decent condition would be quite high compared to the completed value of the boats in question, and that money would be better spent on a boat that would be a better boat to own when the project was completed.

To touch on your point about Tartan''s vs Coronado''s, there is very little difference, if any in cost between a project Tartan 34 and a project Coronado 35 in equally bad condition. There is virtually no difference in the price to fix the two boats up if they are in equal condition.....BUT when you are finished with the project, the Tartan 34 would be a great sailing boat with a decent resale value closer to what you had in it, the Coronado 35 would be neither.

Respectfully,
Jeff