[quote=pbegle]That's a real softball, Peter ! I have 5, why?, cause for the money, you can't find a better boat. The Tornado Sport with double trap, sq top main, self tacking jib, & spinnaker obsoleted all the old classics with two sails. Portsmouth # of Sport is 59 similar to F-18's, N-20. Portsmouth of classic is 63.9 still pretty fast. All up weight is 375, 45 #'s lighter than H-18. The centerboards sure makes it easy to come into the beach. My Sport (an Olympic contender) came with 16 sails, so I have some nice Glasers & Smyth's for the old classics. I like the woodies as they're dry, look good, and seem fairly stiff. Obviously light weight of crew helps and they're great single handers in light winds. I have put extrusions on several of mine for a front tramp for family sail--nice to have only two back of the main beam. Jury still out on righting. Capsized once in La Paz & flew to the top dagger I was so hyper. Bounced mast on water, until a passing fisherman came by & lifted mast up a little whereupon I righted it (135 #'s) & flew back on tramp never getting wet. Have a righting pole now, but haven't used it. Plan some practice sessions next weekend as my 17 yr old daughter will be skipper from now on. Played a dirty trick on my neighbor last year. Paul has a Corsair 24 & loves it. So I told him he could use one of my woodies if he stored trailer in his yard. Two sails on Tornado & one more on Corsair & Corsair is for sale! Pete[/quote]
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