Thanks for your email! Well, to tell you frankly, I just got into
sailing a few months ago (6 months) and the Thunderbird is my first sail boat. I
have practiced on a PLATU (25 Farr) for 5 months while I was renovating this
T-Bird, and was very amazed and impressed at how the T-Bird performed
the first time I tried sailing it. She was a very solid, comfortable and
easy boat to maneuver. Not to mention, the speed it can go when properly
trimmed!!
I purchased this boat WITHOUT trying her out, from a person here in
Manila who just left it to rot in the Manila Yacht Club Marina, and it didn't
look like it was going to be worth renovating. However, considering that it
is my first time and I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg to buy a boat, I
just tried to make a go of it. Fortunately, I did! You can not imagine the
hardships related to the reconstruction and renovation, I experienced!
As you know, labor is cheap here in the Philippines, but the parts,
hardware and instrumentation must all be imported and boy did they COST!
