Not sure what you are asking Jeff? The PHRF ratings show that a Schock is a
slower boat then an F28. But in our experience was we usually beat them
around the course. Do they reach faster, yes. Do the go up and down
faster, no. On average we beat them. I can't deny what 30 years of racing
has shown me.

Let's look at the numbers. A Fountaine Pajot 35 rates 138, a Fountaine
Pajot Belize 43 rates 135, a Gemini 105 rates 177. The Jeanneau 52 is 80.
The Jeanneau will most likely get to the anchorage before the Pajot. The
numbers are the numbers.

Big cruising cats are a far cry from the monster racing cats and tri's we
see on magazine covers. Cruising cats are heavy with a very small sail
plans. If you cruise a powered up cat or tri and are very cautious about
payload it will be fast, no doubt. But most people like stuff when
cruising, and stuff is heavy, and heavy is slow for a multi.

Sorry, the nod goes to the Jeanneau.

Bryan

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
We raced our Schock 35 for many years and often there was a multihull
fleet sailing the same course. F-28 Corsair Trimarans and others of the
same ilk. We were very rarely beaten around the course by those
multihulls..

So why does the Shock have a phrf of 72 while the f27 usually has around
50?

I would tend to agree that in general a large monohull will be as fast if
not faster than a cruising cat.

Are you seriously saying that a comparison of a Shock 35 to a F28 says
anything about cruising boats??



That said, the ultimate speed machines are multihulls but they are not
boats you want to cruise on. Weight is the enemy of any multihull and
beer in bottles is heavy!