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Christine's avatar

On a more serious note, the criteria to which these boats are being held, will have an effect on which one will "win." I put "win" in quotes because the the best boat will always be the one best for you and what you want to do with it.

What is great for camp-cruising in Baja will not necessarily be good for cruising the Gulf-Islands in BC. Then there is that some want something as simple as possible that is easy to launch, but for others, they want more accommodation that normally comes with a bigger, more complicated rig that will be harder to set up.

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Christine's avatar

Well, as a very biased long-time owner of a Sparrow 16, I will keep on claiming that my boat is the best and anyone who says otherwise is a stinky-poopy-head. :-) LOL

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Joshua Colvin's avatar

Banned for language ;-)

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Stephanie Jones Stebbins's avatar

This last round definitely tilted towards the bigger of the boats. Since this is a "March Madness" spin off, perhaps we can have a "NIT tournament" for the little guys: Displacement less than 800 lbs maybe? Enjoying these match ups and especially all the collective wisdom in the comments.

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Suzan Wallace's avatar

Feels like a contest of the tried & true oldies against the (relative) newbies!

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AJBTC's avatar

It seems our collective group of readers doesn't mind a lot of time spent at the launch ramp!

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Michael Scheibeck's avatar

Well, this is a fine kettle of fish! We started out with a bunch of mini-cruisers and micro-cruisers, mostly with conventional rigs, plus some other "boats with an open mind" for those who march to the beat of a different drum, or, in the case of most Sea Pearlers I've known, those for whom there is no sort of drum whatsoever. <;-)

Where do we end up? Two micro-cruisers, one a conventional masthead sloop, the other a conventional fractional sloop, one ubiquitous mini-cruiser (C-22) with a conventional masthead sloop, and one somewhat "modernized" rendition of a small catboat.

I guess we are a fairly conventional bunch, other than eschewing larger yachts for smaller ones. <;-)

.....MIchael

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Ted's avatar

I predict Monty vs. Catalina in the final.

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Suzan Wallace's avatar

I predict Monty vs the Catboat!

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Joshua Colvin's avatar

Monty 2 to 1

Com-Pac Sun Cat 3 to 1

Catalina 10 to 1

Mariner 50 to 1

My guess.

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Randolph Rowland's avatar

Randolph Rowland

Yes Monty vs the Catboat. The Monty is a great performing and very capable sloop but gets lost in the plethora of similar looking boats. The Sun Cat can provide the same sailing enjoyment of with less fuss and nostalgic beauty.

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