"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Well, here I am with a 4 year old son and he's simply awesome!
But long sails just don't work for us these days and we mainly daysail
and weekend aboard Heart of Gold.

We've decided to try some real cruising when Thomas turns 6 or 7 and
to that end we've been looking at many boats, used and new. Before
that purchase we're going to spend a month or so sailing in Greece
aboard our friend's Tayana 42.

At that point....drum roll please!

I'll start a serious hunt for a Corbin 39 Aft Cabin. I "met" the
Corbin 39 recently and fell in love. The boat sails well, looks great
and has the character I love associated with pilot house sailboats.
For now we'll continue to enjoy our Beneteau, but we're very excited
about doing some local cruising and then trying out some longer trips
on the Corbin. We'll start with the Beneteau....and continue with the
Corbin.

For those of you not familiar with the Corbin 39, it looks like
this....

http://images20.fotki.com/v385/photo...ap54917-vi.jpg


Good grief! Haven't you learned anything from the shameful demise of the Red
Cloud?

Pilot house sailboats are downright unseaworthy but at least Joe's looked
halfway decent. That Corbin looks terrible with the Darth Vader style pilot
house sticking out way up high like an ugly pimple that needs popping! Get a
clue, dude! Even Old Thom's ugly Gulf 32 pilot house sailboat didn't look
bad compared to that ugly duckling Corbin.

Wilbur Hubbard.