A couple of newbie questions

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Lloyd Sumpter

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A couple of newbie questions

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 11:57:33 +0000, Wayne. wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:54:44 -0800, "Lloyd Sumpter" wrote:

"Far Cove" Catalina 36 - hull speed 7.5kn, has seen 10

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Lloyd, what is your water line length (LWL) ?

30 ft - with a "fudge factor" of 1.35 gives hull speed of 7.4 knots. Easy to see
5, she will do 6 on a 10-knot breeze, 7 is a good reach, 7.5 is reaching on 15
knots, 8 is close-reaching on 25 knots or so...

Lloyd

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