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[quote=spfx]Buy it!

You now have an idea of the issues thanks to the great advice here.  I sail a P19 out of Ventura and it really does start to takeoff around 12 knots.  If the winds in your area are in this range you're going to have a great time learning in protected Mission Bay or on a lake.  I think you'll have a better/safer time learning in fresh water as I did.  You can find your limits and practice righting by manually pulling the boat over.  If you're in shape I wouldn't hesitate to push the limits and have a great time doing it.  A P19 in good shape doesn't come along too often, I searched for about 7 months and wound up driving from Los Angeles to Lake Tahoe to get mine.  After owning a P16 and P18 the P19 is a different handling high performance machine.

I try to take mine out at least once a week and you are welcome to come out to Ventura and go for a spin on my boat.  There are a number of details you'd need to learn and can greatly reduce the frustration that goes with learning a different kind of machine than what you've been accustomed to. I plan on going out as much as possible before having to get back to work.

Sailed to Santa Cruz back in November

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VvOGbetU5I<em>Edited by spfx on Dec 29, 2013 - 09:14 PM.</em> [/quote]

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