[quote=snash]Thanks for all the helpful posts. RE: Quarath's last, well ... who can argue with that?
I went to see the Escape last Friday. It had "P18" insignia on the mainsail. I thought an Escape should have P16 mast and sail (previous posts). So shouldn't the sail say either "escape" or "P16"? Now I'm not sure whether I'm dealing with an Escape or P18. In any event, the mystery didn't matter much to me. I made an offer on it Saturday morning, but have not heard back from the seller. (BTW, I told the seller about this string and she is watching it.)
In the meantime I've been thinking about last week's posts from MN3, Damon, and Quarath. I'm surprised that a P-18/Escape bounces harder in chop (waves/wake) than a P16 or H16. With the longer hulls, I would have thought the P-18 would be more stable. But the banana discussion was enlightening - I had no clue.
Perhaps the H16 (or P16) is the better boat for me after all, and maybe the Escape seller's unresponsiveness is a cosmic-type intervention. There are some H16s for sale at the south NJ shore. But when I think about H16s, I worry about pitch polling. How hard is it for a beginner to drive a H16 without pitch polling?[/quote]
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