[C320-list] C320 or C34 - Which is faster?

[Pat Moriarty]

Catalina 30 tall rigs have about the same sail area and a better 
rating and a well sailed one is hard to pass. I think their number is wrong.

Pat #130

At 11:30 AM 8/1/2007, you wrote:
>There are lots of factors at work when two boats meet on the water.
>While the 320s are pretty sweet all around, I remember a regatta last
>year where we tried for literally hours to get past an older Catalina 30
>and could not. We took 4th and he took 3rd. Chalked it up to all the
>gray hair and experience on and in his head.
>Mike LaChance
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
>[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Len
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:10 PM
>To: C320-List
>Subject: Re: [C320-list] C320 or C34 - Which is faster?
>
>Have many similar experiences off Marina del Rey---I think our 320 hull
>design and relatively longer boom makes us faster than the older hull
>design
>and shorter boom on both 34s and 36s.
>
>Len Krane
>Aqua5   #1070
>
>On 7/31/07, Ken Danko <sfca33 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I don't race my boat but I generally subscribe to the concept that
>when
> > two sailboats are on the same point of sail, and in sight of each
>other,
> > it's a race. I went out on Sunday just a few minutes behind a C34
>three dock
> > spaces down from me and, as it turns out, we were headed in the same
>general
> > direction. Those of you in the bay area will get these place
>references but
> > the rest of you will get the general drift. I had my main reefed and
>my 100%
> > jib up in anticipation of serious wind later in the morning. The C34
>had a
> > 140% jib and a full main. In the light wind in the lee of Angel Island
>I
> > passed him pretty easily which was surprising since I had so little
>sail up.
> > Then we both tacked back and forth in 19 knots of wind up Racoon
>Straight
> > (fighting a current) and it was clear that my 320 was again faster
>than his
> > 34. I had a bunch of amateurs on board and we weren't doing a great
>job of
> > tacking. We were just a bunch of people out for a fun day of sailing.
>I
> > assumed that the 34 was overpowered in the heavy wind while I was
> > underpowered in the light wind, yet I was faster in both situations.
>Anyone
> > else have experiences sailing along side a C34?Ken Danko"Grace"
>#802San
> > Francisco
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