Is this a good first boat??

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A few of the cons:
- Dark colored hull in the tropical sun
- Racing oriented design, so perhaps a bit squirrly, particularly downwind in a breeze
- Rudder is either not original, or is an odd & perhaps poor design. As it's upper end sports a huge gap between it & the hull, thus reducing it's efficacy & increasing drag. Plus contributing to the above point.
- Going into & out of the cabin in any kind of seas will be tricky, due to her lacking a real companionway. Where rather she has a hole in her deck with a ladder.
This is also a disadvantage for watchkeeping, as you have to do a lot of climbing to check the horizon. And if it's rough it takes a good bit more upper body strength to enter & exit a boat via such a portal, partially due to her truly having a ladder in lieu of stairs.