O'day Daysailer gets some good print!

[Scott Mulford]

Fastest thing at 12kts of wind. Says so right here:



Courtesy of:

"the anti-PIRATE POTATO CANNON ~AND~ 101 Other Things for YOUNG MARINERS to Build, Try & Do ON THE WATER"
BY DAVID SEIDMAN & JEFF HEMMEL

Don't mind that it is capsized at 20kts. At least it didn't turtle like the F-27!

[GreenLake]

I've seen that one before, but not in context of that book.

[Scott Mulford]

Shiver me timbers. The illustration is credited to:

The International Marine Book of Sailing by William Robinson

[ctenidae]

And capsized at 20 knots. Better than the F-27, though- turtled at 20!

[Scott Mulford]

Looks like we should be doing 8kts in a 12 kt wind. Anyone get 8kts in their daysailer?

[jeadstx]

On the Texas 200 in June (six days of sailing) I sailed most of the week in 20 plus knot winds with waves up to 7 or 8 feet in the middle of the bays. My speed was 6 - 8 mph (according to the GPS) most of the time. The main was double reefed the whole time and we stopped using the jib after the third day due to high winds. Our top speed recorded was 11.2 mph. Even tho the wind was gusting to 35 knots we didn't capsize as the chart shows. Good thing I didn't see the chart ahead of time.

John