Totally agree with you on the Prouts. I have a 1978 Quest 31' and live and sail on it full time. As I base out of the Fl. Keys I love the 2'7"
draft. A well founded heavy
weather, stoutly built vessel eaisily
single handed and able to go many places. As for the pull rather than push aft
mast set-up once I got my
head wrapped around it I actually like it. Like you said not fast, but faster than my Glander Tavana 33' and
sails flat. I like to sail 15 to 30 miles a day and then find a gunk-hole anchorage for the night and carry on the next day. If the
weather turns bad ,just wait it out. For me it is more about the journey than the
destination, and this Prout is the cats meow for me.