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

[Adam Weiner]

I think it is clearly obvious that anyone who is smart enough to buy a
320 instead of something else is obviously a better (faster) sailor.

Adam

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Len
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:10 AM
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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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