rob is right....earlier cca influence on cnc design did produce hulls that under right conditions would surf...notably crusader redline35,redline41,cnc43 early models...redline requires 4to8 ftwaves....20 plus knots of wind aft....went from niagara to oswego on lake ontario ..surfed all the way in one storm. estamated a sustained plus 40 knots...only other yacht doing same thing was a cal 40...they could stay on a wave better&longer...great memorys..although at the time would rather have had a good harbour of refuge...wave pattern so difficult could not get in to rochester,colbourg,sodus ..coast guard advised ride it out to mexico bay as front should have passed....CG could not even get out of rochester harbour as waves were breaking over both piers....was very exciting at time but we did wonder at time if would go end over end as waves got much shorter &steep as got into shallower water approaching mexico bay.of coarse engine would not start as trying to motor to oswego...had to sail close hauled high winds to make oswego , this but one of a number of times got boat surfing
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