So I have read the reviews and it states that a h26 can reach a hull speed of 6.6 kn (in light winds). Can anyone tell me what I have to do to achieve that? Seems pretty optimistic in my view..
Hull speed of h26
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My H260 will reach hull speed on a broad reach at 10-12KTS . Then you reef and it will do the same at 22-25 after that your main reefed only or running with partial job at 4 KTS ( usually heading in )
Two weeks ago I saw 6.5 on my GPS with 7-13 mph winds in my Hunter 25.5. Keyword-GPS- so it might be slightly off but still a fun time!
Oh Yeah, you can!
I used to write down in our boat journal every time we hit 6 knots. After August 24th on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, we won't even bother....With my wife at the tiller we never got under 6 knots for over an hour!! We were over 7 many times and hit 7.3 knots on a reach surfin the waves on a reach!!! Holy Cow!!
I'm sure it was the whisker pole she got me for Christmas that did it!
I used to write down in our boat journal every time we hit 6 knots. After August 24th on Lake Winnebago in Wisconsin, we won't even bother....With my wife at the tiller we never got under 6 knots for over an hour!! We were over 7 many times and hit 7.3 knots on a reach surfin the waves on a reach!!! Holy Cow!!
I'm sure it was the whisker pole she got me for Christmas that did it!
I agree with thinwater, it's the trim, weight, clean bottom...especially the trim. Once underway, there's not much one can do about the weight and how clean the bottom is.
Sail shaping is an art, and you've got to tinker around with your setup (main and jib halyard tension, leech tension/resulting sail shape, mains'l clew outhaul tension/resulting sail shape, boom vang tension/resulting sail shape) to find the best configuration for given conditions.
All of this depends upon the apparent windspeed and your boat's hull shape / amount of heel with its resulting weather helm and drag created by the rudder countering it to maintain course.
Generically, you can calcuate your particular (displacement hull) boat's ultimate "hull speed":
# kts = 1.34 x (the square root of your boat's LWL), where, LWL is boat length at the waterline in feet.
Enjoy the art !!
Sail shaping is an art, and you've got to tinker around with your setup (main and jib halyard tension, leech tension/resulting sail shape, mains'l clew outhaul tension/resulting sail shape, boom vang tension/resulting sail shape) to find the best configuration for given conditions.
All of this depends upon the apparent windspeed and your boat's hull shape / amount of heel with its resulting weather helm and drag created by the rudder countering it to maintain course.
Generically, you can calcuate your particular (displacement hull) boat's ultimate "hull speed":
# kts = 1.34 x (the square root of your boat's LWL), where, LWL is boat length at the waterline in feet.
Enjoy the art !!