Craig et al., Yep - it's the one with the offset centerboard (to port). That really makes the cabin nice for camping. I don't notice a performance difference on different tacks due to the centerboard, but I'm a fairly green sailor. I like the short stub keel for getting it on the trailer and for beaching when we camp on the Mississippi. I suspect the M17 is considerably faster and better to weather - which is why I'm interested in them. My boat is Anduin - pictures of her are at www.widgetsailor.com if you go down and click on Anduin. I do have one 'speed' experience - take it for what it's worth! Our sailing club has one overnight race each year down to a campground on the Mississippi River. We race down (with current) on Saturday, camp, and sail back (if possible) on Sunday. This year, the Saturday race was 15 miles directly against a fairly strong wind. We couldn't point as well as a Catalina22 and an Oday222 that we started with so spent most of our day tacking without making a lot of headway. We eventually gave up with about 5 miles to go and motored the rest of the way. We would have been an hour or more slower than the Catalina. However, on Sunday, we had a strong wind directly against the current so we had a run all the way back. We started about 20 minutes ahead of most of the smaller boat fleet and it took them more than 3/4 of the way back to catch us. That was much more fun! So the only issue I have with the boat is its speed which is probably as much a factor of my ability as the boat. I'm never in a hurry, but when the spring floods come, the current is comparable to our boat speed and thus we often have a hard time going where we want to go while the Catalina and oday are just enough faster that they have much more flexibility on the river. Todd Dubuque, IA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:20:43 -0500 From: "Craig F. Honshell" <chonshell@ia4u.net> The Sanibel 17' is a REALLY cool little boat, Todd. I'd like to hear more from you. Is the Sanibel the one with the offset centerboard (not positioned at the centerline of the keel)? How does she perform? Does the offset board affect performance? Thanks. Fair winds, Craig Honshell, M17 #389