Joe,
As discussed at the zoom meeting last year my son and I did a spinnaker
run from Marion MA to Cuttyhunk Is (16.3 nm) with an average speed of
11.2 kts and a peak of 11.8 kts. Got the chute down and jibed in 22kts
of wind and reached under cruising rollerfurl (135%) to Sakonnet river
11.75 nm at an average of 10.4 kts. Fastest the boat has ever achieved.
Don Kern
/Fireball,/ C&C35 Mk2
Bristol, RI
On 10/29/2020 6:25 AM, j...@dellabarba.com wrote:
This came up on the Zoom call and I found it quite interesting.
Here is ours:
Point to Point: 10 knots SOG from Cape May to the C&D. This was under chute
with the tide running, so we got at least 1.5 knots boost from the current.
Noon to Noon: 180 miles. By modern Volvo Ocean Race standards this isn't fast,
but it was fast for us 😊 I still have the plotting sheet:
http://www.dellabarba.com/sailing/images/plotsheet1.JPG The day before was 170
something, so we really ate up some distance in 48 hours.
Peak: 15 knots surfing down spreader-height waves. Really fun if the hatches
are closed! Probably not so much otherwise. One guy had to get kicked off the
helm at watch change, he was having too much fun to go to sleep.
Peak in flat water: 10 knots going sooth down the Severn in about 50+ with the working
jib. The wind funneling between the high banks was ripping the wave tops off, so we only
had about 2 foot waves in all that wind. Foam was flying up into houses and trees. We
almost didn't get back, trying to go straight upwind at 100% throttle was 0 knots SOG, we
had to "tack" near the shoreline.
Joe Della Barba
Coquina C&C 35 MK I
Kent Island MD USA
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