"Donal" wrote in message

| The opposite is true. Going upwind, my lack of momentum means that the
| waves slow me down, whereas you would be able to maintain your 4.5 kts.

So a chop slows you down heh??..... that's a darned shame. Anywind over 10
kts will put me at a comfortable 5.5 to 6 kts upwind. Okay... it does take
me a few more minutes to get up to speed.


|
| Going downwind, however, would be an entirely different matter. You
| wouldn't see me for dust! Your pathetic little crab crusher would be
| bouncing around in the waves while I would be surfing away - at high
speed!

Yes I've heard this type of bravado before.... generally from the
docksiders. The few who have sufficient moxy to test that theory.......
are tuned into the reality of the fact that Overproof is extremely fast
downwind. Much faster than most boats her size and larger.


| Bwahahahaha! Pull the other one - it's got bells on! Delivery trips on
| the back of a truck don't count. Speed over ground doesn't count either.

Lets see... 36 kts wind.... gusting to 45kts.... I left the entire fleet
2 miles behind in an 11 mile stretch. That included a Fraiser 42 and a
Niagara 35..... the Contessa 32 was so far back as not to count. I started
that race as the last vessel to cross the start line and the first to cross
the finish.
Confirmed speed with bearing/bearing on a Datascope, GPS, Log, Radar and
Chrono. Lots of witnesses.



| I can just imagine Ellen Mc Arthur sailing around the world in a crab
| crusher?????

She would if she didn't have all the electronic gizmos, weather routing and
rescue on standby. That's not a slight on her ability... she's a formidable
sailor.... it's just the boat she has to sail. Not because it's a better
boat.... it's a single purpose craft and shouldn't even be entered into the
equation.

15 ft draft, movable water ballast, wing finlets and they call it a fin
keeler... PAH!

|
| Really,... Mooron, you need to get a grip on reality. When was the last
| time that a crab crusher took part in a "Round the World" race?

Reality is for People who can't handle drugs. As for the race... read above
and understand they are not all downwind. .

Suck It Up Donal!

CM