"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Tuesday was easily the best day of the week...sailed out to Port
Washington
and
back making 7.5 knots the whole way.

WIth your theoretical hull speed of 6.7 kn, you must have been surfing
those
big LIS rollers.

So if you think THS is a rule, then Scotty, Donal, Neal, Mooron and
everyone
else here is a liar.
The C&C 32 easily breaks 7 knots and so did Ghost.

Setanta easily breaks 7 kts. She breaks 8 kts on a most outings when we are
not beating. She even goes through 10 kts on a regular basis. 12 kts easy
when there is more than 23 kts on a broad reach .... Why, two years ago we
touched 15.2 kts.

However, there is an enormous difference between "peak" and "average"
speeds. In 5 years, and 9000 miles, I have had two hours where we averaged
more than 8 kts, .... and I suspect that we have only had about 10 hours
where we averaged more than 7.5 kts.

You didn't "make 7.5 knots" the whole way - even if you were measuring SOG
instead of speed through the water.

I won't call you a liar, because I am far too polite to suggest such a
thing. However, I would suggest that you review your ridiculous claim.



Regards


Donal
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