Hunter 376 9.2 Knots! And over 8 steady

[Andrew Mylander]

This is a beam reach in 15 knots of wind, sea state about 1-2’, standard shoal draft keel at 5’, with new bottom paint, stock jib and main, and about 15° of heel. Just hit 9.2, 9.1knots for a second, so don’t know if I believe that, but held mid-8 knots steadily after that. I have done this more than once holding well over 8 for A long time. This is GPS SOG. So I don’t buy the 376’s hull speed is 7.6 Knots. I have this on video, with crew yelling “9.2!”, but I couldn’t post even 5 seconds of it here, so I went for this screen grab.

 

[danstanford]

Well done and such a great feeling for the crew!

 

[Andrew Mylander]

Well done and such a great feeling for the crew!

Yes! Have gotten new sails since the first time, and now it happens more often. I should also mention that my rig has in-mast furling, so a 376 with a full-roach, battened main would probably do even better! But I single-hand a lot, so in-mast furling increases my convenience and safety so much that I’ll take the performance hit. Been sailing SunCatcher since ’03, and she’s a super boat. Looking hard at motorizing my main winch next.