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[quote=MN3][quote]Thing is in this vid at about the 3:50 mark Prindle shows up and seems to be walking away from the L7. All the tris like Weta, Searail, L7, and Fboats are probably twice the price of something like an older Hobie, Prindle, NACRA, and similar beach cats.[/quote]
well yea, a 400 lb catamaran with more sail to weight ratio is gonna have lots of get-up-and-go on  tri but when you start getting into bigger tris (30') a beachcat can't touch it's speed

plus L7 are homebuilds correct? so no way of knowing how the build quality is

and every boat has it's preferred wind range - some kill it in light air (comparatively), some kill it in heavier air, some bigger boats will win because they have tall rigs that will get air that others have windage ... so 1 clip of a race doesn't mean all that much

my friend has a f-31R - it's huge (45' mast, 23'beam) -it's a rocket ship but weighs a few tons
need an f-250 to move it around the lot

Yes your gonna pay more for a carbon fiber anything vs a 20 year old prindle/hobie/dart/anything
you stated"Budget is flexible depending on what I consider a good deal. Right now I am looking at an older DragonFly 25 " - so i thought you were open to some "real boat" costs and your not getting into any F-boat for cheap

[quote]Sorry to diverge but that was a stupid move by that Prindle. Even if the container ship was not underway, which it appears to be. Disappointed to see that.[/quote]
dumb is an understatement - that boat should be dnf'd
i mean he could have seriously scuffed up the paint on that cargo ship when it demolished that prindle<em>Edited by MN3 on Aug 16, 2019 - 08:47 AM.</em> [/quote]

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