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Old 03-05-2008, 01:38 PM   #16
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Also, when buying a used sailboat, try to pick it up. The smaller ones (Sunfish, Laser) should weight about 130 pounds. If it is any more, I'd say away. It means water entered a leak in the hull and the flotation absorbed it.
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