Did the same thing, looked at several J's before coming to my senses and jumping on the 121. We use her as a fast cruiser and occasional racer. The only real negative with the Tartan built boats was the interior varnish. They opted to save a few dollars per boat and use an interior grade finish with limited uv tolerance. They also had some issues with the first epoxy hulls around 2002 but you would think any issues on a particular boat would have surfaced by now.
Really like all of the C&C's from Tartan. They are definitely race oriented so the weight will surprise you if you're coming from the Sabre/Tartan/original C&C world. Having owned a Sabre 386 I can tell you they are not even in the same league in terms of performance. Beautiful construction however. John Sent from my iPad > On Jul 29, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Bradford Baker via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > In response to my questions about later models C & Cs. We’re not planning any > racing, but as an ex-racer I’d rather have something that’s faster and > handles better. > Draft is a consideration, but we’re o.k. with anything up to 6.5' > We’ve looked at a lot of Js in the same size range as well. > Originally lookes at Sabres which were certainly well built but much slower > based on PHRF data. > > In Tampa Bay, where I'm thinking that Mother Nature always bats last. > > Bradford W. Baker > bradba...@mac.com > 8308 Old Town Drive > Tampa, FL 33647 > 813-528-3291 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
