Gary wrote:
Jeff wrote:
Capt. Rob wrote:

Do you think the owners of C&C35s5s are embarrassed??


Uh, Mooron. Could you be this dumb? Do you know that it's not a C&C?
And it IS on Sailcalc of course.



However, the specs for it are listed incorrectly. The sail area is
for a large genny, not the standard 100%, as needed to properly
calculate the SA/Disp. When the proper number is put in, we find the
the SA/Disp is actually less than the Nordica 30, which probably
explains why the bendy is so slow in light air. Sorry Bob, them's the
facts!
What is the proper sail area?
I've seen 574 for the standard rig, and 622 for the tall.

This leads to a SA/Disp of 17.6 for the bendy, using the disp listed
in sailcalc. I've seen it listed as a bit less, but RB claims a lot
of added gear. The Nordica 30 is a bit over 17, so I stand corrected,
the benny has a somewhat higher SA/Disp.

RB sometimes claims to have the tall rig, which would raise his
SA/Disp to over 19, but his broker says its the standard rig. Given
RB admitted tendency to lie, I think his broker's word has to stand as
definitive.

BTW, my SA/Disp is over 20, though loaded for cruising Its certainly
less. On the other hand, I don't have 2 A/C's or 3 TV's.

SA/Disp is a very rough figure - the difference between the bendy and
the Nordica is a few hundred pounds, or 25 feet of sail.