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    E38 shoal draft

    Greetings and Happy New Year, I'm interested in a 1980 E38, a gorgeous boat with all the right care, upgrades, and more. The boat has the 4'11" keel that was apparently standard in that generation. I've read the boat is "tender" in that it heels more than one with a full keel. I also understand...
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    Pointing with a 170

    I raced my E23 mkII c/b offshore last weekend for the first time. I have a new loose footed main and a fairly new roller furled 170. I could not get the boat to point with the fleet. Boat speed seemed okay, but I was at last 12 degrees further off the wind. It did not seem to me that I was...
  3. Mike Thomas

    E-29 Pointing

    All, I'm starting to actually care about where I finish in the Thursday night beer cans (for those of that know me, no laughing please). I did notice something interesting last timeout. The boat points much higher on a port tack than it does on stbd. The rig was tuned with a loos pro...
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