"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Well YEAH.... I took a wild guess with a chance of probability about as
remote as your boat achieving 8.5 knots up wind.

Honestly, it *did*, once!

It was fantastic. At the end of a cross channel trip, the wind went around
to the NW. The water was flat, and Setanta behaved like a great big
dinghy.

You will *never* experience the thrill of doing 8.5 kts upwind in a crab
crusher. 12 kts with the wind on the beam is NOTHING compared to 8.5
upwind.

We were whooping and cheering like there was no tomorrow!




Even so.... it's nowhere near the speeds reported by Bob on that C&C 32
rocket cruiser. You wouldn't stand a chance against him in a race. Thank
gawd for you he doesn't race eh?

That's true. Bob has one fast boat!!!



Regards


Donal
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