PHRF So Cal rates your boat at 228, which makes it slower than a Catalina
27, Pearson 25, Cal 27, even a lowly Mac26x!!! A quick examination of the
list revealed only 2 slower 27 footers, an Ericson and a Tartan, both of
which are miles ahead of your boat, quality wise, that is. Also C&C, O'Day,
and probably a few others I've missed, speed wise, that is.
http://www.phrfsocal.org/
The thing about the ratings for older boats is that they tend to be a little
more accurate as these boats have been around for a while and if they are
faster than their ratings indicate they usually get adjusted to reflect
this.228 is about as fast as any Coronado 26 will ever get, including yours.
I think the thing that would be really humiliating would be to get beat by a
Mac26x!

John Cairns




"Simple Simon" wrote in message
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FEAR THIS!

Now I understand why my boat is so uncommonly fast.

It is because she has a LWL of 25 feet instead of the
commonly listed 22 feet.

You can see and measure for yourself

http://captneal.homestead.com/Sheshines.html

Use the top picture and get out your dividers.

Measure the LOA. You computer screen size will make your
measurments vary from mine but not too worry use what you get.

The LOA I measured at 27 feet is 12.5mm
The LWL I measured at X is 11.6mm.

Now all we have to do is solve for X

X times 12.5 = 27 times 11.6

or X = (27) (11.6) divided by 12.5

or X = 25 feet.

With a LWL of 25 feet the hull speed is the same as
Moroon's 30-footer and Booby's 32 footer.

A picture is worth a thousand words.