To Fireball. I would not call my 35 MKII a stiff boat. I have sailed mine for about 15 years now in a varitey of conditions and she has handled all very well and she is particularly good for a 35 footer as far as motion comfort factor goes but i find as far as the stiffness factor goes she is pretty much as predicted in the Dellangaugh angle diagram which I believe you will still find on cncphotoalbum site. For better performance on a beat in over 20 kts apparrent wind I have considered adding a split torpedo bulb to the base of the keel. I believe about 500 pounds would allow her to point higher and faster. As she is I find it best going upwind from A to B to lay off a few degrees and really use her Water line length potential. The 35 MKI is stiffer and I believe faster and higher upwind in over 20 kts apparent wind speed but if you stay close upwind the MkII can gobble the MKI off the wind and DDW. I suppose when racing seriously with ample crew on board providing “rail meat” on upwind legs the MK II could stay with the MKI. Both are beatiful boats that were well ahead of many other designs back in the 1970’s and both have stood the test of time very well. Alianna turned 44 this year.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:30 AM dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope you guys are all talking apparent wind strength > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:30 PM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > >> It’s situational, depending on the boat and who’s on it. On my 30 MK I, >> a notoriously stiff boat, I’ll carry full main and 150% genoa in 20+ knots >> with my racing crew aboard. Leisure sailing with my wife in the same >> conditions, it’s main only, if she’ll even go out :) >> >> I give my crew these guidelines when they race the boat without me: >> <10 knots - full main and drifter (lightweight 150%) >> 10-20 knots - full main and #2 genoa (heavy 150%) >> >20 knots - flat main and #3 genoa (heavy 130%) >> >> My experience with my 30-1 has been that it takes about 25 knots under >> full sail to bury a rail close-hauled. Twice this summer I tore my drifter >> when the wind jumped from 10 to 35 with little warning; she tears sails >> before knocking down. >> >> Cheers, >> Randy Stafford >> S/V Grenadine >> C&C 30-1 #7 >> Ken Caryl, CO >> >> > On Oct 30, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Brian Fry via CnC-List < >> cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> > >> > After spending a wonderful weekend with a bunch of great folks, Manon >> and I sailed back to >> > Havre de Grace under the strongest conditions we have been in yet. We >> usually stay put if the forecast is over 20. The forecast was 20s with >> gusts to 30+. I was looking forward to testing my new rig, especially since >> Josh allowed me to use his Loos gauge to check my rig job. Turns out my >> tune was quite true. We had been out before, but only at a max of about 20. >> > We set sail at the yellow mark outside Nap with 2 reefs in the main and >> a full 100 jib. >> > Everything was going well, a nice beam reach, until north of the bridge >> when the swells got larger and the gusts stronger. The gusts would push us >> over to the rails in the water and last for a good 30 seconds, then a swell >> would push us a little further. A few times we lost depth indication, a >> tell that the transducer was out of the water, or nearly so. Reefing the >> jib to 50% made things much more comfortable. We sailed the whole way back >> under these conditions. Entering HdG channel was challenging, putting us >> close hauled and tacking up the channel to where it ran abeam again. >> Thankfully my new sonar allowed for greater tacks outside of the channel, >> which freaked out the Admiral. I decided to tack instead of motoring and >> dropping sail to avoid turning the sails into rags in the 25 knot winds ( >> mine are of unknown age). >> > So now the question, when do you reef? How much wind is too much? >> > We usually do the first reef at 15, the second at 20, then the jib at >> 25. I am thinking 35 sustained would be my limit. But I havent been out in >> that yet. >> > >> > S/V La Neige >> > 1993 C&C 37/40 XL >> > Havre de Grace , MD >> > FB blog : thenext14years >> > Brian and Manon >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each >> and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> >> -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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