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Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-02-2017, 04:49
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Re: Adding ballast or something like it?

TrentePieds, unless talking about a racing boat built in the last 15yrs or so, boats don't typically reach, or get close to their speed potential until they're heeled over close to 15 deg. And you...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-02-2017, 20:04
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Re: Adding ballast or something like it?

C34 = Cal 34 or Catalina 34? And at 7deg. of heel, there's little enough need to ease the sheets in flat water. At double that you're playing the traveler like a banjo in puffs, but...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 25-02-2017, 12:46
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Re: Adding ballast or something like it?

To play Devil's Advocate on this. If the boat is now in day sailing, & cruising mode, then 4-8 bodies are now gone missing from the windward rail 24/7. Which that much mass translates into more RM...
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