Damn, MY C&C is quick!!!! Or should I say...My WIFE'S C&C is quick??!!!
Good strong gusty day with just the two of us aboard. Most of my friends were
out...a Ericson 35, Catalina 34, J30, J24...and plenty of other boats charging
around the chop. Only the J30 was faster, but not by much. Of course, with
small sailboats, "not by much" is what counts.
Off the wind we touched 11 knots and wasn't we weren't ideally trimmed. My
friend's J30 touched 12, but he was having a far rougher ride for that extra
knot. We switched over to the 100% just to see what's what and WOW! It's a new
jib and the boat pointed like the devil. Hull speed or better and far better
control. We never reefed the main, though we should have. I left the 100% up
for tomorrow.
Downwind, feeling like a surfer, I saw a boat gaining on me steadily. He caught
up quick...A C&C 34+ or XL. He passed me and the J30 and looked comfortable
doing it. After a while, my friend with the J30 came aboard to have a go. He
felt the C&C was "great" offering real cruising comfort and good speed. He felt
feedback on the wheel was "amazing." He was impressed overall, but hated the
mid-boom sheeting. He said he'd spend 5-700 bucks and change it. He called the
C&C a "sailors' boat." No doubt that's ammo for the group!
We decided to come home....great fight on HBO tonight and no cable aboard.
Tomorrow looks like another great sailing day! Pics coming soon!

Hope you all got out there today....

RB