A 30 footer? Possible. Probably not downwind though. They will plane
nicely.


Capt.Mooron wrote:
No.. I beat him easily with my Nordica 20....

After tying a bucket to his keel? Actually it would probably
take 2 buckets...


Like we've stated here before... it's not the boat ... it's the sailor. I
have easily bested a Cal 20 on many occasions with my Nordica 20.


That's possible, we beat a number of bigger & theoretically
faster boats in our lowly Hunter 19.

It's also possible there was something wrong with the boat.
Have you sailed against more than one Cal 20? Any one-design
fleets? Before making such a sweeping condemnation (even if
it does have a fin keel) you should check out more than a
single one.

Not that the Cal 20 is the boat of the century, but they're OK.



Look Doug... a fin keeler that can be overtaken by a full keeler to windward
is beyond skill sets... it just illustrates a design problem that can't be
compensated for by skill.

Very likely, and that's why I suggest there might have been
something wrong with that particular boat. Cal 20s are just
plain not as slow as you say.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King