Don't remember that one, but I was surprised by Mooron's statement, so
surprised that I let it pass for a while. When I first saw the statement
"11kts in 6 ft of water" my initial reaction is that he was loaded and got
the numbers backwards. Then he insisted it was correct, and offered to post
proof in the form of log entries that he was going to post to his webshots
album. In any event, got some info from folks on the Cabo Rico list, at
least one of whom indicated that the CR38 is slower than I imagined, even
got an offer to take a tour of a boat in Port Clinton, Ohio, hope to do that
before the season ends.

"If you are going to windward, a 150 mile day is going to be hard to do. On
a
reach or downwind with the right sails it is easy to do. The CR38 has a 29
ft
waterline so it does about 7kts if the wind and sails are right, and
because
it has a full keel (lots of wetted surface) the bottom needs to be kept
clean"

Quote from an owner, which were my thoughts about hull speed, too much
wetted surface, too short a LWL. Still a great blue water boat, just not a
fast one.

John Cairns

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
...
Claiming that a CR 38 will do 11 knots is
a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

Well you should remember that the Boobster told us he did 13kts in 8kts of
wind
with his 70s era tub.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"