Background
Here's a little background to that review of the E23 if anyone is interested: In early December a couple of sailing buddies and I flew down to Ft. Lauderdale and did a several day passage over to the Bimini island group with author/charterer/delivery captain/navigation instructor John Kretschmer aboard his Kaufman 47. We had an absolutely wonderful time and I picked up lots of little tidbits (example: if a knotmeter is reading optimistically, John calls them "broker knots"). Knowing he had written a number of used boat reviews, including at least one on the E35, I asked him why I had never seen one on the E23. I've read in various publications reviews of the E25, 27, and 32, but almost never do you run across a mention of the "little E". He asked me a few questions about my boat (a '76), and I figured that was the end of that thread. But the morning of the day he was to drive us to the airport for the flight back home he returned from an interview on NPR and a stop by his office to say, "Guess what, we're going to do a review of the E23 in the February issue! You need to send me some info just as soon as you get home. Then I'll do some research and put a review together." I did, and he did. Other than a few small detail errors I think it is a dynamite review and finally gives some attention to what I consider is an outstanding design. More good news: look for an article on the 23 in Good Old Boat sometime this next year.