[C38] How to approach an argument with a sailor

[Steve Smolinske]

Anders, 

Harry summed it up with the difference in sustained versus surge,  Timm
Lessly a friend and competitor who owns a Cal 40 has a boat record speed
of 25 knots, of course  that  was  surfing down a wave in the right
conditions and lasted maybe 10-15 seconds at the very most.  They even
have video of  it posted on You Tube.   

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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Anders Finn
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:31 AM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: [C38] How to approach an argument with a sailor

Advice seeking time.

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.

  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. .

Thoughts on how to explain this or anyone have experience with a SC37?

Anders

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