The_navigator© wrote:
So you are claiming you outpointed a Farr 50?
Cheers MC
Don't worry MC
We didn't outpoint her, but we didn't get outpointed by much either. However
we made better VMG on the upwind leg. Going around the buoy into the upwind
leg, we where 1'50" behind. her. When going onto the next leg we where 40"
behind. We both went up pretty much the same side of the course and caught
the same windshifts. It was about 2 nM between the buoys and the winds where
app 15 knots. After the upwind buoy we both fell off about 20 degrees and
passed her to windward within a couple of cables going lots faster.
The reason we where behind in the first place is of course that we started
10 min later. On the 16 nM course we had a 12 min better time total. She was
of course the only boat we didn't pass within the first 15-30 minutes.
Per Elmsäter wrote:
Hoohooo hoooo.
No this was in a race and we where definitely going around the same
course. The boat I am speaking of happen to be King Harald of
Norways, Fram XVI. A Farr 50 ft design with carbon sails. According
to the papers he paid about $1.5 million for it. The standard
production TRT1200, a 40 ft Cat with Kevlar sails sells for about
$230 k. It was sailed by the Constructor/Designer and one mate. On
board were another four prospective customers with big grins on
their faces. Our top speed of the day was 25 knots in maybe 16-18
knots of wind.
The_navigator© wrote:
Happens all the time. You were not on the same course...
Cheers MC
Per Elmsäter wrote:
The_navigator© wrote:
Rubbish
Cheers MC
Per Elmsäter wrote:
Now a Catamaran, that is a whole new story,
plus they sail in all directions.
I agree. They only sail in the horizontal directions. Did I tell
you about the time when I passed a Farr 50 with a 40 ft cat on a
beat in about 15 knots of wind. We actually made up 1 min 10
seconds on a 2
nM long upwind leg. The mono had a professional crew, carbon sails
and all the fireworks that go with a rich mans racer.
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