[quote=Edchris177]Wow, 25 kts...it seems evey increment over 20 is a challenge.
Yesterday the wind from both met stations bracketing my place showed 50 clicks,(30mph). My wife is having a big party,with a bunch of cousins up(this is our version of your July 4th W/E).
I rigged the 5.7, with myself & my buddy on the wire, & one of my wifes 200lb cousins sitting on the rail, total crew weight of 550lbs.
The 50 clicks of wind were offshore, so though the waves were every 20', they were only 1' high. The GPS track showed many "legs" of 21 mph, & a top speed of 22.3 mph...from a 30 year old boat, with 550 lbs on board!
I lost count of the times the hulls were under water up to the bridal wires, & one case where it dived up to the front beam, tea bagging myself & my crew...I am installing chicken lines before the next attempt.
With the hull almost completely buried, at 20 mph, the bow waves were being ripped into smoke & blown 20' downwind. Our final approach to the confined dock area was at 29kph,(appx 18mph). The wind had blown the teak chairs into the lake. Thank Christ for roller furling. The entire trip was on the ragged edge of survival. At some point one end cap was torn from the 2 retaining screws.
I think we could have matched Nacramans 23.2 mph, but the 550 lbs of crew handicapped us.
The Hobie 17's just down the point where nowhere to be seen, it was definately a Nacra Day. Now, I just need to squeeze 1 more pmh out of the old girl.[/quote]
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