Miata Mailing List: November 1995, Message #84
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   From: rgill@primenet.com (Rick Gill)
Subject: Re: Do boats attract Miatas?
   Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 23:04:44 -0500

I see a trend, my massive 12' Snark (Floating Igloo Cooler) as
dubbed by my teen-aged son (who reads over my shoulder and
shall NEVER SHADOW THE DRIVER'S DOOR of "BIG RED"
It holds two people (especially if neither has gained any weight
since they were 16 years old - capacity 315lbs.
Miata Content (Is their a roof rack for a 12' Sailboat ?)
- Rick
'92 "Big Red"
Sierra Vista, AZ
(Top down but sweater on at night)

At 12:35 AM 11/1/95 -0500, Dave B. wrote:
>        Its funny you bring this up. I to have sailboats, a Laser and a
>Shark (24ft. race/crusier) which I club race in Toronto. I find similarities
>between the two groups. The two meet regularly, fuss about there boat/car,
>name them, compete, and later boast about how fast they were. 
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>Dave B.
>Toronto
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>At 08:37 PM 10/31/95 -0500, a.mccombs3@genie.com wrote:
>>Now, this is a good question.  I was having a private discussion with
>>another party a while back, RE: Miata-like airplanes, and raised the concept
>>of Miata-like boats (barchettas, no doubt).  Neither of us knew enough about
>>boats to reach any conclusions on the subject.
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>>So:  What kind of boat is most like a Miata?  Or, what kind of boat does the
>>boat owner have, who is most attracted to a Miata?  (Anne & I have a
>>Minifish, which is an extremely small, fiberglass hull, mass production
>>sailboat - the kid brother of the AMF Sunfish.  Sails best with one, but
>>will seat two if they're good friends.  Come to think of it, this is kind of
>>like a Miata.)
>>                                                --Jack M. & KANSEI--
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