[C320-list] Used Boat Review
Andrew Santangelo
andrew_santangelo at mac.com
Mon Apr 27 16:17:08 PDT 2009
Adam,
How did I go 13.2 knots the one time (and consistently saw 13 kts)?
Well the night was calm during the Queen's Cup race on Lake Michigan -
and then around 4:00 AM a mega storm wiped out a third of the fleet
(one lost its mast, many had minor damage, the rest had enough).
Winds peaked at 80 kts sustained for about 2-3 minutes when the front
hit and then leveled off at 45 knots for a couple of hours. Waves hit
around 10'. When the winds dipped to 25 knots we raised the Spinnaker
and literally flew - until a few hours later we were completely
becalmed!
The second time the winds were around 15 kts, waves only 2-3 feet. We
ran the large 7.5 oz spinnaker and took off. This was all done in
the dark no less.
With a good wind it is easy to exceed 10 kts on the C320 with a
Spinnaker and a focused crew.
How the heck did you go 13 knots without a current - I take it some
power boat towed you.
Best Regards,
Andrew
C320 "Dawn Treader"
#333
On Apr 27, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Chef Adam Weiner wrote:
> I was not questioning the 6k at 3000 RPM.
>
> What I was questioning, and forgive me if I am wrong, is that for 10
> years
> I've been on this list I have been told the hull speed was 7.1 k.
>
> I one time did, under sail alone, 13 knots on the boat without
> current and
> don't really want to repeat that. That got written up in an article
> a few
> years ago in the MAINSHEET.
>
> With no current, how do you go 13.2 and 11 on a broad reach. That
> would
> have to be surfing on one heck of a large wave.
>
> Adam
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