"Joe" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message

"katysails" wrote in message

Give me a break....us damn Yankees secure our furling after every
use....we
have storms with 70 mph straight line winds that shred gennies right
off
the
furler if they're not tied up....those are just plain dumb people...

According to the weather service, Katy, those you were referring to were
roughly 100mph straight line winds. Our ketch was heeled 45 degrees
over in
her slip under bare poles.

Max

Damn...Must be a nimble Ketch. At 110 knots we get a 10-15 degree heel
max.


It wasn't particularly *Nimble*, rather a Far East Yachts Mariner 31 ketch.
It drew 3'11", and with heavy spruce spars she was quite tender. In a beam
seaway she'd roll enough to make an astronaut ill.

Max