Doug, they were really doing 1.1 kt, Mooron was drunk (what's new)
and couldn't see the decimal point with his fuzzy eyes.

Scotty

"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Capt. Mooron wrote:
I don't dispute your contention that racing regularly attunes you
to
numbers..... but your position that the Cabo 38 isn't a fast
offshore
crusier is remarkably uninformed.

Of course... you *have* to say that!

... Since you are formulating these
conjectures without practical experience on the vessel... I'm left
to
question not only your reasoning but your objectives as well.

To date you have failed to supply hard data to disprove my claim.

I'll stand by what I said.

Well, it hinges a on a couple of things... what do you mean by
"fast"
and what do you mean by "offshore cruiser"? For example, the Saga 43
and
her sisters are often touted as "fast offshore cruisers." Nobody in
their right mind would doubt that a Saga 43 would sail rings around
a CR
38 in most conditions, but it's a bigger boat & a newer design...
plus
it's got a (gasp) fin keel.

I took the liberty of firing up my huge database of boat specs, and
did
some sorting. From a list of a couple hundred boats that were close
to
the Cabo Rico 38 in displacement & LOD (a more honest measure of
size
than LOA) I sorted through to get 50 that most would agree are fit
for
offshore sailing, then sorted them by calculated speed (Vmax not
hull
speed). Few of these boats have PHRF ratings BTW.

The Cabo Rico 38 came out 34th on the list, well under halfway down.
Conclusion- below average in speed potential.

Some faster boats from the list:
Bayfield 40, Island Packet 37, Corbin 39, Pacific Seacraft 40,
Morgan
41, Robinhood 40 (the old Little Harbor 38), Shannon 37, Wright 40,
Swan
38....

Slower boats: Hallberg-Rassy 36, Tartan 37 (?!?), Allied Mistress,
Alden
38, Nor'Sea 37, Baba 35, Nauticat 38... the amazing thing is that
some
boats were calculated as slower than the Nauticat, which is a very
heavy
high-sided motorsailer.

Sorry, Mooron... I'm not trying to pass judgement on a boat I have
no
experience with, but it's hard to justify calling it fast unless
there
is something more to the story here... maybe the one you were
sailing
was a secret experimental version?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King