On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 08:19:59PM -0500, Lars S. Mulford wrote:
> First, "Always" was simply unbeatable.... AT THE RAMP. My average time to
> park, rig, launch, load gear and personnel, secure car/trailer, and then be
> sailing away was less than 5 minutes and usually under 3 minutes. THREE
> MINUTES! It is that simple to set up.
And you were of course sipping the wine and smelling the roses all
the while...it takes me 3 minutes to back my boat down the ramp :-)
> ....she really performed startlingly well...
> ...All I know is that except on extreme points of
> sail, "Always" would outperform standard rigged P15s....
> "Always" was simple to sail, performed very well in relation to other P15s,
> a joy to setup and tear down, and best of all? She was user friendly to the
> extreme. There was nothing to terrify the novice sailor about her, and the
> experienced sailor had enough there to keep them in smiles too..
etc.
-- Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain