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Weight -- David Hollenback -- 11/23/08 4:39p.m.

Nimble 20 weight. -- Jim Bailey - Pensacola -- 11/23/08 7:26p.m.

re: weight -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 11/24/08 4:56p.m.

hauling the N20 -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/24/08 6:09p.m.

Thanks to All -- David Hollenback -- 11/26/08 5:01p.m.

Nimble 20 weight -- Al -- 11/27/08 6:34a.m.

There is literature on the N20 and N24 and if you don't have any, one of us -- norm ex Nimble 24 -- 11/27/08 7:35a.m.

Towing vs stopping -- Ed, N24, Sarasota -- 11/27/08 2:23p.m.

Consider a station wagon -- Brent - N20 -- 11/27/08 6:24p.m.

station wagon -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/28/08 3:00a.m.

 other factors  -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 11/27/08 8:00a.m.

travel lift scale -- jan nikolajsen -- 12/7/08 3:42p.m.

The weight issue -- Nick Cherau -- 12/8/08 7:56p.m.

cored hull? -- Brent - N20 -- 12/9/08 11:38a.m.

I doubt that is it. -- Mark N, Nimble Arctic, Jax FL -- 12/10/08 7:07p.m.

What's a few extra pounds..? -- Gene Halpern - ex Nimble 20 'Morgan Truce' -- 12/11/08 9:47a.m.

Weighing in on the subject -- Dickens, Nimble Arctic -- 12/12/08 6:58a.m.

a post script -- Dickens, Nimble Arctic -- 12/12/08 7:03a.m.