[quote=Edchris177]You are right about the differences stated.
What I meant is the newer changes have not done much in terms of how the boat sails, or it’s speed, or the fun factor of the basic design. If you are a recreational sailor, who just wants to blast around the bay, the major difference is price, the newer models, in equivalent condition, cost more.
There are slight differences in sail area, (School, Fun, Sport models), a few lbs weight difference, but if you’ve sailed a 5.0 or 5.7, you are not going to experience a “different boat” if jumping onto the newer iterations.
The biggest factor will still be, how good is the person pulling the strings, & how new is the sail.
A new square top on a 570 should outperform a nearly 40 year old pin top, (my 5.7 is an ‘84, the 5.0 is an ‘88)
They are almost the same in SCHRS ratings.[/quote]
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