[C320-list] How fast have you sailed

[Donald Lawson]

Not exactly true.  The formula assumes flat water.  I have been up to 17 knots on my Olson 30 surfing down waves during a Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race. Max speed according to the formula is 6.5 knots or so. We have hit high 9s downwind on our 320  with Main only from San Miguel Island to Santa Cruz 4 years ago. Waves scary behind us.   The Admiral kept saying "don't look back".  Boat handled outstanding, no extreme helm. Stayed with a J32 and beat a Catalina 36 into the anchorage. The Cat 36 blew out his reef points on an inadvertent jibe.  Looking back we should have just rolled out the genny downwind. We would have gone just as fast and I would not have been so stressed out. 
practical application of the Beaufort Scale translated into the relationship between wind force and wind speed!
>> Rick Sulewski
>> 95' C320 Hull 277 My-Ria  
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Doug Treff
>> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 10:10 PM
>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] How fast have you sailed
>> 
>> I once hit 10.1 on a broad reach surfing down a wave with only half my genoa and no main in 25+ knots a while back.
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>> Doug Treff
>> doug at treff.us
>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017, at 10:07 PM, Dan Kolean wrote:
>>> Had my fastest sail to date. 2nd season on the boat.  Beam reach, 
>>> steady apparent above 15mph, sometimes 20mph. 1 reef in main, couple 
>>> wraps on the 135 original jib.  Topped at 9.8MPH on the GPS.  I had no 
>>> idea the boat could sail that fast. We headed up on the puffs, then 
>>> fell off to the beam reach and the boat flattened out and that's when 
>>> we got the good speed.  Anyone get their 320 over 10mph?
>>> 
>>> Dan Kolean. #489
>>> Mary Kate
>>> Holland MI
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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