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Derek Crawford
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2010 :  11:37:56  Show Profile
Temperature was in the mid-60's and the wind from the north around 12-14 when we started and rapidly built to 20k. We'd anticipated this and just ran a 100% jib with a full main. Wind slowly increased through the 2nd race and then a front came through. With one leg of the course left it bacame a basic 35k with gusts to 50k! Wisely the RC cancelled the last race.
We came away unscathed but others weren't so lucky. A broken headstay shackle on the roller furling on a Sabre 362 (he finished the race bare-headed), a broken main shroud on a Catalina 30TR and a broken whisker pole, a broken gooseneck on a Catalina 36. Know I know how strong our C25's are!
BTW we did win both races.
Derek Crawford
Chief Measurer C25-250 2008
Previous owner of "This Side UP"
1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
San Antonio, Texas
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 01/27/2010 :  19:20:04  Show Profile
I'm curious. Has anyone else been out in crap like that in a C25?
How did you deal with it when dropping the sails is not an option?
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JohnP
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Response Posted - 01/27/2010 :  19:57:11  Show Profile
I went out 2 years ago on a warm summer day in steady 25-30 mph wind with gusts to 40 mph. I was cruising around my local river, which is 1-3 miles wide and about 5 miles long at this section. I just dumped wind and sailed with a 110 jib and full main. The tacks were hard to handle with no crew and horn cleats on the coaming. The gusts tended to heel the boat to more than 45 degrees, but the boat handled fine. And instead of the usual dozen or more sailboats, I had the place to myself that day.

Since then I learned to use my storm jib and tuck in a reef which makes those conditions pretty easy sailing.

I find I can concentrate better on the sailing when singlehanded than when new visitors are trying to keep their balance or hold down their lunch in rough conditions.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 01/27/2010 :  20:15:52  Show Profile
On the Chesapeake Bay, the RCs usually postpone or abandon the race when the windspeed exceeds about 25 kts. Waves can get pretty big and rough on the Bay at that windspeed, and equipment can break and people can get hurt. Most racing boats don't even carry sails suitable for sailing efficiently in 30-40 kt winds.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/27/2010 :  21:41:56  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Derek Crawford</i>
<br />I'm curious. Has anyone else been out in crap like that in a C25?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Not quite... The Admiral and I were delivering our new-to-us C-25 90 miles down Long Island Sound... The last two days were about 35 knots on the nose--pretty steady, with frothy seas building to 4-5'. The sails were furled, and it cost us an extra night hiding in Bridgeport Harbor. I was proud of Passage--she never flinched. And I was proud of Barb--she sailed with me after that!

Derek--you never disappoint us!
Edited by - Dave Bristle on 01/27/2010 22:08:24
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