Performance on points of sail

[Mike]

I read in Practical Sailor's review of the 410 that it stalled when pointed above 35 degrees in moderate winds. Anybody out there with a 410 that can report on the actual boat speeds attained at various winds and points of sail?

 

[Martin]

Pointing

I sailed a 460 a couple of weeks ago. This is the same design as the 410 except a bit longer.I was able to tack in about 10-12knts wind at 25% without any difficulty.I've also heard of the 356 racing very successfully against the equivalent Beneteau, including being able to point higher into the wind.Can you find the article and post it?

 

[Paul]

Sounds pretty good to me

35 degrees true wind? Even America's Cup boats can't sail above 35 degree true wind angles.I'd say that's darn fine for a houseboat.

 

[Ken Lewis]

No problem pointing

Our H410 is well pinched at 30 true wind angle. It needs to sail at beyond 35 true for any speed. This is comparable to the experiences we had with our former boat, a Catalina 30, execpt that the C30 did handle slightly better when pinched. We have had no complaints about ability to hold the courses we want with our H410. We added an asymetric this summer and really love it. With good breeze downwind we rarely even set the main.Hope this helps.

 

[Alan]

You've got it mixed up

Sailing at 30 or 35 degrees apparent, maybe, but no way true wind angle! Even the best racing boats in the world would have a hard time holding 30 degrees true. Most production sailboats will sail within 45 dregrees true.