Gotta do it though. It will cruse faster. Totally worth it.
I'm like done with cars.. although I been thinking about buying a vette, only cause the c4s which I like are so cheap now.
Corvettes are cool, I've never had one of those yet myself, but I did have a pretty bitchen Corvair once upon a time. That thing was like a noisy scary go-kart, with four times as many carubrettors than any normal go-kart would have.
The bottom, although the paint is pretty much totally gone now, is pretty clean, because my diver is fucking awesome, but still, yeah - I remember just how super nice a clean bottom can be, and none of my friends could keep up with me under sail... idunno about now... but Walkabout's hull form is nice and aquadynamic, for an early '60s design, I guess. Super new clean bottom paint made more of a noticeable difference on my old Cal 20. My wife misses that little thing, she felt more confident sailing on the teeny little boat for some reason.
When you have a smaller boat like that some people feel more in control. I think it is because your weight matters. Once you get to a certain displacement you just have to trust the boat. Some people have a hard time with that. Although 2 tons of lead in the keel should be enough to keep you comfortable.
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