[quote=MN3]I have been on a Dart18 in 25-30plus. it was wild but FUNNNNN. it did get out of control, but we were basically sailing on the beach line, 2 up, 2out (on the wire) and came in when we could no longer hold our line.
This jan, i was on a Dart20 in 35-45. it was wild, fun and a bit scary. We had 3 onboard, 2 on the wire. We broke 3 or 4 battens on our first run to an island. we also ripped a few batten pockets out. After our very fast run to the island, we headed back home (only a mile or 2 away). There were moments when i KNEW we were going over, but the skipper never broke a sweat, smiled and steered us through it. (we never capsized)
These boats were built for the North Sea and have small sail area to handle it (although the dart20 had tornado sails on it)
Actually brings up a point, most of the cats here that sail year round have a set of high wind sails (pin top) as our winters and springs are often much windier than our summer[/quote]
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