WindandCs
New Member
Hey Y'all,
So I'm reading a lot about these boats. I have only "been on" three of them, and they were on the hard. We are likely to end up with one of these boats, however they are all, at the present, unable to be sea trialed. All three are the shoal draft version. I have seen on this forum and spoken with a couple people that all suggest getting the deep draft version for our intended use,.. serious extended voyaging, ocean crossings. Several of the accounts I have read on this forum have been from people on serious crossings, both of the Atlantic and the Pacific. However I have been unable to determine whether they were on the shoal of deep draft boats. One of the accounts was from Bill Beach who crossed the Atlantic to Portugal via Bermuda, and the Azores. He encountered some pretty heavy conditions and was very happy with how the boat performed and how comfortable it was, I would love to know which version his boat is.
I would like to hear form you guys/girls about your experiences with either shoal or deep draft versions of the M382/3/4s. My assumptions would be the deep draft versions point a bit higher, but these boats already point pretty high. I'm wondering if the deep draft versions have better tracking abilities when the boat is off the wind, and whether the LPS is actually higher?
Thoughts, experiences?
Thanks ~ Curtis
So I'm reading a lot about these boats. I have only "been on" three of them, and they were on the hard. We are likely to end up with one of these boats, however they are all, at the present, unable to be sea trialed. All three are the shoal draft version. I have seen on this forum and spoken with a couple people that all suggest getting the deep draft version for our intended use,.. serious extended voyaging, ocean crossings. Several of the accounts I have read on this forum have been from people on serious crossings, both of the Atlantic and the Pacific. However I have been unable to determine whether they were on the shoal of deep draft boats. One of the accounts was from Bill Beach who crossed the Atlantic to Portugal via Bermuda, and the Azores. He encountered some pretty heavy conditions and was very happy with how the boat performed and how comfortable it was, I would love to know which version his boat is.
I would like to hear form you guys/girls about your experiences with either shoal or deep draft versions of the M382/3/4s. My assumptions would be the deep draft versions point a bit higher, but these boats already point pretty high. I'm wondering if the deep draft versions have better tracking abilities when the boat is off the wind, and whether the LPS is actually higher?
Thoughts, experiences?
Thanks ~ Curtis