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I have a 1962 Nipper and just rigged it for the first time in 15 years so my grandchildren can learn to sail. She is still as wonderful as she was when my Dad got her for me for my 15 th birthday present.!
Even though my boat is only 40 years old, the rig has peculiarities as designed 75 years ago. A local rigger (used to modern rigs) just couldn't wrap their mind around it.
It would be interesting to take the results of all the polls and figure out how many people actually have a "statistically average boat". Funny thing about statistics is they don't always agree with reality.
Though we have alot of little poles, it might be interesting to have a pole with all sorts of stats, some might be in ratios......it starts to get overly complicated (at least there is a ratio calculator already in existence for some stuff.
Our culture/economy/marketing makes people think they need to buy new and new is better. Look at a new production boat (6 figures) and totally lacking the style and grace found in an older boat. Then look at what you can get in an older boat (for <20% of the cost) there is a good chance you will end up with a better boat, especially when you figure in everything you can do with the money you save.
I absolutely agree. The new boats too often look like a stick of butter left out in the sun too long as well as being designed as floating condos, IMHO. The P-30 I just bought has very pleasing lines, good accomodations, sails very well I understand and has a lot of equipment and I paid a small fraction of what a new one would have cost. Good old boat.
Watkins 27 built on the cusp of '80/'81, as it has attributes from both years. So that would be 33 years old; but not all that much of it was in use.
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