[C320-list] Heel angle

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Ted,


What Keel is on the boat.?  Was it GPS or Knt. meter speed ??   With current, ???


I find my 2000 wing keel sails pretty straight up.... I was out yesterday with older 130 up (no main)
close hauled, perpendicular to the current, 14knts of wind.... I was Gps reading around 4.2 to 4.5 knts.
wind jumped to 24knts boat speed went to 6.5 to 6.7 (rail not close to water),
went with the current and saw 7.2......   
Art   #680



-----Original Message-----
From: Gus Macdonald <rathlyn1 at gmail.com>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 7:33 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Heel angle

I assume 7.3 was on a beam reach.  I have a 150 and will reef before getting the rail near the water as high heel angles just slow the boat down. I hope you had a foam luff installed to aid furling the genoa. One of the best changes I made in the last year or so.

Gus
Hull 999, 2004
Georgian Bay

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 11:09 PM, Ted Harrison <tharrison at innovations-plus.com> wrote:
> 
> I purchased a new Genoa 145, 12 knots of wind. Hull speed hit a high of 7.3 with 20 degree heel. 
> 
> Has anyone had the rails near or in the water?
> 
> Ted Harrison
> 
> Hull ;424 1997