I'm a fan of the U20 and wish I owned one. They hold there value and sell fairly quickly when listed....yes, I've been watching. I think it hurt the class when Abbott's place burned down.
I've also been following the J-70, looked it over several times. Pretty impressive to have 18 signed up for...
I went with the Viper for several reasons..
1- Fleet travels and has bigger regatta's than the U20's
2- Less expensive than M20
3- Easy to rig and race
4- VX too small to race in PHRF (if it's all you got locally)
BUT.....anyone who thinks there are no Pro's racing in the class.....that...
A lot of times that "large" person owns the boat, buys the beer, party passes, plane tickets, hotels etc., because they got the Cash.
The skinny, athletic ones are college grads that are broke and paying off student loans. Can't remember seeing too many young, skinny guys buying rounds of...
I was at MGRW with my Viper. Weather kept a lot of people from Demo rides, but lots of attention was given them at the marina. The VX is a well thought out boat and the guys that took them out Friday put them in pounding conditions for sure. Brian and his son were on site all weekend ready to...
He's not racing in the Regatta. Don told me it would be on display at the party and available for Demo's Friday and Saturday. It will be living out on Lake Norman. Hoping a couple end up on the Coast of NC...
Lots of sailing out of blackbeards in New Bern. Good SJ21 fleet building and PHRF.
send me a message with your info. I'll get you to crew on my Viper sometime.
I think they know that there are customers out there thinking of going to a retractable keel, whether Viper, VX, U20, Melges, whatever....and J boats wanted to let them know that they will have a model coming in 2012, so don't pull the trigger yet. Especially the existing loyal J boat owners who...