[Rhodes22-list] Sailing to weather

[Wally Buck]

C&C made some fast boats. There is a C&C 30 footer around here that smokes 
plenty of J Boats. If his boat had god sails, clean bottom, and decent 
skipper he should smoke you. I don't have a 170 but have always felt that 
furling down to 110 would limit upwind ability.  Did you have any way to 
measure speed? Were you at least making 5 knots upwind?

I would try furling the main first then furling genny down to about 150 or 
so. In 15 you might want to try centered traveler.

Regarding your prop = I have a 2 stroke Merc 6 hp that pushes my boat 6.9  
mph at full throttle. This was measured by GPS with little wind and current. 
I have no idea what size prop I have. (I keep my GPS in MPH rather than 
knots because everything on the river is measured in miles) I like to run 
just backed off full power; this pushes me along around 6.2.

Wally

>From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing to weather
>Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:37:13 -0500
>
>There we were out there having a great time on Lake Minnetonka, south winds
>at about 15 and temps in the high 60's.  We had our 175 reefed in to about
>110 and full main.  We were having a ball and minding our own business when
>all of a sudden, a C & C 24 (I think) comes from down wind of us and passes
>us as if we were at anchor!  Granted, the 175 loses some sail shape at 110,
>but this guy passed us going upwind like we were standing still.  I kept
>saying to Mary Ann, How is he doing that?  We had our jib sheets inside the
>shrouds and the main traveler to weather, CB all the way down (with some 
>lee
>helm) but still he made mincemeat out of us.  He pointed considerably 
>higher
>and sailed way faster.  Damn!  I wanted to follow him and see what would
>happen going down wind, when we could shake out the 175, but after a half
>hour, he was so far ahead that I could barely see him.  To avoid any 
>further
>depression, we fell off and went another direction.  Sigh!
>
>Oh well, it was still a lovely fall day.  The colors are peaking here in
>southern Minnesota and it was a gorgeous day.  We sailed over to one of the
>ramps at the other side of the lake and helped some friends of ours haul 
>out
>their Cape Dory Typhoon 19.  Sweet boat!  We're all just about done for the
>season.  8-(
>
>Slim
>
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