Even in twenty five knots of wind a sailboat like mine is still
constrained by her hull speed of around 6.7 knots and will
probably be going slower because of the necessity to reef
down sail area.


Too bad you don't have a sailboat like mine that gets up and boogies past hull speed and can plane....nyah nyah...

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
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