[Rhodes22-list] Fred's Sails

[Roger Pihlaja]

Rummy,

Interesting!  You know, it would have been really cool for you two to have
switched boats that day & redone the test.  If his boat suddenly picked up
in boat speed against yours, that would have been pretty definitive.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fred's Sails


> Roger,
> Captain Keller was having some difficulties pointing into the wind, or so
he
> thought. We have been out at least on three occasions sailing together in
our
>  respective boats and the only noticeable difference is that I can sail
right
> up  his butt. For whatever reason, RumRunner is a faster boat. This
allowed
> me to  move just about anywhere I wanted to on him. There were times when
our
> hulls  sailed with three feet of each other, sailing in the same wind,
etc. No
> difference in pointing. Both boats have the IMF, 175 and comparable
equipment
>  and weight. Only difference is the centerboard. He has the newer style
> diamond  board.
> In our not so precise tests, the boats were identical in pointing ability.
> Skipper skills makes RumRunner the fastest.
>
> Rummy
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