[cdavisdb]

Since the discussion has gotten beyond Sceptres, I'll descibe a 25 Seafari. Ride is in the same class as the 21. A rare boat, but not nearly as hard to find as the 21. It goes straight into 3-4 in the Gulf Stream with me sitting down and no desire to slow down below my normal cruise of 22-23 knts. At 5 ft, I slow down to 18 knots but still sitting down. I've run with two 30? ft Contender type CCs. They were jumping out of the water every third wave, everybody standing up in the stern, while I'm still sitting down in the middle of the boat. Last trip to Bimini was on the last day of Debbie, wind(on the beam) got up to a solid 25 knts with much higher gusts, seas got up to about 8 ftand breaking hard, lots of heavy spray coming over the bow and not a drop came in the forward hatch. Always felt totally safe and in control. I've run it in fairly large following seas and it acts like it is on rails. By far the best sea boat anywhere near its size that I have ever experienced.