To: <bolger@egroups.com>

Subject: [bolger] Re: Gulp! Weekender?

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 4:50 PM

Hi Mark,

A couple of years ago, I was at the same place that you are now. I

even bought the plans for the Weekender. When all was said and done, I

chose the Micro for the following reasons:

Size and useable space, The Weekender's tiny cubby is sleep only, In

my Micro, I have my bunk, a counter top that is large enough to use as a

chart table, but includes a sink, and stowage equal to 1/3 the entire

Weekender cubby's volume, As well as a porta-potty. Ten gallons of cold

Self righting and self rescuing; The Micro is, the Weekender is not.

Don't take my word for it, read the various web site stories of knock

downs, on both boats.

And lastly; I love to meet people, Going into a marina for the first

time with a Weekender, you can expect comments like, "Nice looking

boat", from passers by. With the Micro, It's more of a, "What the heck

is that?" and they stay for an explanation, A chance to talk, and issue

a dinner invitation to find out more about the odd little craft. You

will be surprised How quickly the "odd" changes to "Great" as they get

to understand the reasoning behind the shape and the design.

To sum up; The Micro is the only boat I know of that is bigger on the

inside than it is on the outside, and has the stability of a 25 footer.

My plan is to sail from here, in the center of Missouri, Down river

to the Gulf, then visit friends from Texas to Florida. A trip of

approximately 3000 miles, over a period of 2 or 3 months, in my Micro. A

trip where I admit the accommodations will be Spartan, but in the

Weekender would be a long series of camp outs and stops for

re-supplying.

Just my two cents.