Tartan Sweeps in Regatta for Lake Champlain

Well… ok, maybe not quite…

Last weekend was the Regatta for Lake Champlain, a fundraising pursuit race held in Burlington, Vermont. Having read so much that the 70’s Tartan 41 was a hot race boat of the time, I was desperately interested to see how well it would fare against all the hot race boats of today.

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The Best Boat for Cruising with Children

Spoiler alert… there is no best boat….

Over the last couple of months I have exhaustively been looking for a boat. The two best places to do this are the two main web listings for sail boats for sale.

www.yachtworld.com (brokers)
www.sailboatlistings.com (private sales)

I have also posted a few threads on my two favorite sailing forums:

www.sailnet.com
www.cruisersforum.com

In all of this, I have learned a few truths.

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