Capt. Rob wrote:
But you might be better served by the facts and actual experiences from

owners, as I have.

yada yada yada


Translation: I don't want to learn anything that might prove me wrong!

Translation: you're trying to "gain points" by pushing an argument
that was conceded on day one. Your boat goes upwind well and points
well.

However, that is not the only criterion that boats are judged by, at
least for most people.

Further, you keep claiming that "pointing" is all that counts, even if
VMG is reduced. You show your total ignorance of sailing. Where are
those benny polars that show hull speed at 30 degrees true?

The info is out there, Jeff. Are you man enough to get it? Polars mean
little.

They mean a lot booby. Its only in your fantasy world where salesmen
are more definitive then sailors, bar room chatter more believable
than polars.

The 35s5 is noted to outperform it's polars just like the 36.7
does with hi tech sails.

Sure booby, whatever you say. One day you claim your boat regularly
outperforms its rating, then you claim they can't win because the
rating is artificially low. Now you claiming that you boats are
always better then their polars, everyone else's are worse. I suppose
there are things you can do to make a go 1% faster. Why should I
care? Why do you care? You don't race!


On the other hand there's a thread online
about how the PDQ CAN'T sail to it's polars! Wanna see it?


Sure, I'd love to. I'd love to see my polars. Of course, its
probably going to show something we already know, like overloading a
cat will slow it down, or that most cruising cats are bought by people
who like to cruise and don't really care about polars? Or that some
cat owners are interested in very high speed, and so think the PDQ is
slow by comparison? Or that some cat owners don't know how to sail
their boat? I can find a thread that asserts 8 knots at 45 degrees
true. I'm skeptical, but who knows?