Red Sheila
Waterfront
It's presently Day 4 of the Victoria Canada to Maui Hawaii race (Vic-
Maui 2010), and the fleet has headed well south towards and away from
San Francisco, hunting for the edge of the Pacific high. Once found,
the drag race to Hawaii begins.
Presently Jim and Red Sheila are sitting in second position on
corrected time, behind Kinetic (First 47.7), in the first division.
They have about 1600 miles to go, and are averaging about 200 miles
per day at present.
I'll try and remember to post an update over the next couple of
days...
Go 49 Go.
David
SV Waterfront
Vancouver, Canada
Daniel Goldberg
We just got home ourselves from taking our B49 to Bermuda and back from NY.
We did it as part of our rally. I'll post some pix once I get everything
together. We had an awesome trip. Just fabulous sailing on the way down,
much of the way at over 8 knots, and touched a little over 9 a few times.
In total, we did the trip down in 4 days and 3 hours. Very happy with that
time (the fastest I have ever done the trip).
The way back was filled with snotty weather and quite large and confused
seas in the Gulf Stream. The boat performed beautifully. A couple of
little things went awry, but nothing major at all. I really was impressed.
For me, the big question mark for these boats was taking it offshore. After
this trip, I'm good with her!
Dan
"Another Miracle"
B49 #108
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David at Waterfront
offshore....
When you think about all these smaller production boats, that have
been sailing around the world for years, what are we worried about...
Maybe we are too logical, or not brave enough.....
As for speed.... Not sure about others experience but I'll share
ours...
Tall rig, 8/10 frac rig.
Top speed with main and genoa, at 135 degrees, 30 plus knots of wind,
mild seas, blasting across Georgia Strait, we hit 11.5. We had a 1
knot push, but we were towing our 400 lb dinghy...
Regularily sail at 9-10 knots, until summer winds die...
We have a Asymetric on a continuous furling system, that we fly all
the time. This has been our single best investment, as it allows us
to sail in lighter air, longer, without turning on the noise
maker.... We hit 10 plus all the time while flying it.
I'd love to see what Red Sheila will do if she finds a sweet spot of
wind and weather...
David
SV Waterfront
Vancouver
On Jul 7, 6:04 pm, "Daniel Goldberg" <daniel.p.goldb...@gmail.com>
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andre...@gmail.com
Interesting posts.
I think the key point here is not so much the boat but the crew and equipment.
We have the "Classic" (short) rig, and an asymmetric. Goes well in the light.
We sail all over NZ's North Island, with regular bad weather. The boat handles it all well, although the modern flat bottoms (while quick in flat water and off the wind) can pound in steep seas/headwinds. Since we only cruise, we tend to avoid headwinds anyway, wherever possible! We did fit an inner forestay with runners, which eliminates rig pumping in a sea - we'd recommend this for blue water.
In terms of blue water, we've sailed Transpacs, Vic Mauis, Hobarts and various NZ to Pacific Islands (Vanuatu, Fiji etc) races over the years in other boats, so are familiar with what works.
We just did our first NZ to Fiji in our OC 50 - conditions varied from 35-40 kts on the beam to 15-25 kts on the quarter, with nice big Pacific swells. Top speed was 14.2 kts, daily averages 200 nms+. Boat was great, key was to shorten sail early to allow autopilot to handle seas/swells breeze. Hull very easily driven, in any case, no need to overpower. Reefing very easy with single line system. Excessive heel slow on these boats.
Showers every day with watermaker/generator, washed clothes (new toy) in 35 kts, ate freshly caught fish (tuna, sailfish, mahimahi) every day! Best crossing I've ever had. We're more than happy with how the boat performs blue water. Extra fuel tankage handy, too. Nice to know we could motor the entire distance if required (the Pacific often has large calm patches!).
So I guess I can say that the boat is all we expected, and more. It's not an Oyster, but then it doesn't cost it's weight in gold, either.
Cheers to all and go, Jim!
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