[C38] How to approach an argument with a sailor

[Anders Finn]

Yeah, tried that one too. It's always GPS which she also has never 
physically seen. Oh, I've also confirmed that she's not talking about 
going with the tide as, with a GPS, you could possibly see 6+knots from 
tide around here.

Anders

On 09/13/2011 09:35 AM, Larry Malmberg wrote:
> I guess the source of the data would be important, is it from a GPS, knot
> meter or ????
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Anders Finn
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:31 AM
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> Subject: [C38] How to approach an argument with a sailor
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> Advice seeking time.
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> So, I've got a friend who sails on a VERY fast boat. A very winning boat.
> Probably one of the fastest in San Francisco. It's crewed by a bunch of
> amazing sailors including some Cup guys. However, she's not really a sailor
> and I've had to explain things like what a knot is vs mph. The boat is a
> Santa Cruz 37 rates in a 27PHRF. Now, she claims and has some text messages
> from other crew saying they've hit 26knots in the bay. I call BS. I pull out
> all my math on hull speed, plain force calculations on what it would take to
> make that boat go into full plane.
> I've tried showing what PHRF means and that a 27 means they only average
> 1/2 knot faster than the J/105's. I've tried pulling out their race times
> and showing they're only averaging about 6-7knots during races. .
> This does not matter.
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>    Probably most of us have seen exceedences in hull speed for our boats
> going down waves and whatnot. However, that's not the claim. The claim is
> they REGULARLY go 16-20 knots in bay races. This is 2x or more their hull
> speed. .
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> Thoughts on how to explain this or anyone have experience with a SC37?
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> Anders
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