[jbanta]

I don''t think these two boat can be fairly compared. The Bristol is by far more boat but like you are saying in your posting it has some disadvantages in storage and morring. The Catalina is ALOT less boat. It has some some advantages in portablity. It you were going to be doing lake sailing I would say let the Bristol go and go with the Cat. But you want to do some open water sailing. I would give the Bristol alot more concideration. Easy is usually not the best way to go.. Sorry