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> I'm with you, Harry...my 15 is really really easy all the way around. And
> a bigger ballasted boat would lend itself more easily to going out with a
> few folks, dogs, beers, etc. I feel like I am like Larry Brown, though, in
> the sense that most of the time I go out alone or with one other person so
> the 15 is perfect. It's nice in a way. Solo sailing affords me such nice
> solitude! And with one other it's a rather intimate experience, a chance
> to slow down and really chat or just be peaceful with a good friend or my
> wife.
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> Also, as I have written previously, the 15 can be rowed and with the mast
> down and cb up I have had wonderful times just mucking around in the
> gunkholes, shallow marshy areas, with the birds and frogs and others,
> something that you really couldn't do with the 19.
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> I understand and totally honor the notion of the bigger ballasted boat.
> I'm sure for some it is better. But for me the 15 is perfect.
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> I find myself going out in heavy winds plenty and others at the marina
> will say, " You went out in THAT? I wouldn't even go out in MY boat"
> (usually Catalina 22 or 25's). When I invite them to go out with me they
> smile or laugh, nervously....I guess they don't know about how stable the
> 15 is...we are lucky folks with our 15 foot wonder yachts!
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> Ken Silverman, p-15 "Vegan Lorax"