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Buying a used boat
Centaur- I see your point but an important part of this equation is that the boat will be on the middle Chespeake Bay. Its not just the slow boat part that is significant. On the Bay light air perfoemance makes a huge difference in the number of days that you cna actually sail. With a slower boat with poor light air performance there are more days that you would end up motoring than days that you will end up sailing. I am often amazed at how many times I have been able to sail most of the way to and from somewhere while watching parades of boats that are less suitable to the Bay have to motor. We all go out on the water for our own reasons, and I understand that there people who do not share my revulsion to having to having to crank up the ''noise maker'', but if sailing is the major reason that you go out in the water and you live on the Chesapeake Bay then you probably want to consider boats with better performance than the Compac.
Respectfully
Jeff
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