[quote=samc99us]There are decent fleet sizes of Tornados in various parts of the world (Greece, Germany, Australia, perhaps Italy and the U.K), but when you look at these compared with the number of years the boat was produced, in all reality the numbers aren't very high. The class was fueled by its status as an Olympic class. After that era ended, it virtually imploded, with most of the top of the fleet moving to the F18. Many still kept there Tornados, and you would be hard pressed to find a better built boat than a Marstrom Tornado, nor a better sailing boat than a spin rigged T. They are truly fantastic boats and surprisingly quick (we clocked 19 kts sitting on the hull eating sandwich's while 2 sail reaching on a delivery sail). The headache of the 10' beam however makes the boats less practical as a travel boat than anything with an 8' beam. I'm just warning that the tilt trailer doesn't actually solve this issue, which is why many in the class never bothered with them.[/quote]
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