theselkie said..
Does anyone know whether there was any difference in the quality of build over the years the Arends were built?
Nope but I have one and it came with all the original order paperwork & magazine reviews at the time. I'll scan and post when I get some time.
Great boat for the East Coast and it's the perfect compromise size wise in my opinion any bigger and the costs get too high and you need more people to handle easily, they feel like a 40 footer inside compared to other boats of the same era. The only thing i'm not a huge fan of is having to step over the galley bench to access the cabin. While a minor problem to some I love the piece of mind of having no keel bolts, having had an older boat in the past with a bolt on keel it was always niggling concern in my mind with a potential catastrophic outcome.
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