[C320-list] Used Boat Review

[Chef Adam Weiner]

The 13 knots on my boat was with a current.  Our boats can't be towed at 13
knots.  The bow would go under.  I've been on a boat that started
submarining: it wasn't pretty.

All the power to you I guess.  I've been in winds consistently over 25 knots
and never hit speeds like that. All these years I thought I had a
displacement hull, not a hull designed to plane. 

Obviously I just am not as focused.

I guess I have one more question before I surrender.  Was the 13 knots speed
over the bottom (GPS) or speed through the water (knot meter)?

The time my boat hit 13 knots under sail (GPS reading) was during a broach
with spinnaker up.  That was at night, and you could see the keel from the
steering wheel.  Even less fun then starting to submarine.

Adam



-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Santangelo
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 4:17 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Cc: craigeneboe at aol.com; 'Mike Straus'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Used Boat Review

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