Hello folks,
I have reached out to several of you before, making up my mind if a C275 was a good fit for my use-case and ended up deciding it wasn't the boat for us due to its slow nature but the decision was made without an opportunity to sail one. I still sail my Capri 22, std rig, fin keel.
Thanks again to all who have replied in the forum, forum messaging and via email
Well, I have silently kept an eye on these boats since then, still with some appetite. Thanks to Bill, my wife and I had the opportunity to sail one (wing keel) on Friday and the boat is awesome in every way, except it is in deed a low-powered, slow boat.... (checked sog against the polars, about 2 kts slower than the polar figures -just tested light air upwind-)
However, I think an opportunity exists to improve the boat speed with a mod.... I am not sure it even makes sense to do it if not providing additional 2kts of speed; hence the questions I wanted to ask in this forum. If it can work, I will certainly go for a C275...
Possible (or not?) Mod:
Seeking your advice on these Questions:
Again, thank you kindly for your opinions...
I have reached out to several of you before, making up my mind if a C275 was a good fit for my use-case and ended up deciding it wasn't the boat for us due to its slow nature but the decision was made without an opportunity to sail one. I still sail my Capri 22, std rig, fin keel.
Thanks again to all who have replied in the forum, forum messaging and via email
Well, I have silently kept an eye on these boats since then, still with some appetite. Thanks to Bill, my wife and I had the opportunity to sail one (wing keel) on Friday and the boat is awesome in every way, except it is in deed a low-powered, slow boat.... (checked sog against the polars, about 2 kts slower than the polar figures -just tested light air upwind-)
However, I think an opportunity exists to improve the boat speed with a mod.... I am not sure it even makes sense to do it if not providing additional 2kts of speed; hence the questions I wanted to ask in this forum. If it can work, I will certainly go for a C275...
Possible (or not?) Mod:
- I am 5’9” and I can stand in the cockpit boom well over my head
- I can see that it is possible to lower the boom by re-riveting the gooseneck plate about 2 feet lower on the mast…. This will kill the “standing room” in the cockpit but still, in sitting position, there will be plenty of head room over the boom
- NOTE: My sail set up will be 105 head sail on the furler + main + the assym/gennaker
Seeking your advice on these Questions:
- Is this a good idea at all? (boat is NOT designed for a larger sail area)
- Will the additional sail area make a difference in the power/speed of the boat in your opinion?
- If you think, it may work, can you “guesstimate” what kind of speed gain this mod may bring?
- If works, this mod will necessitate a new “custom” mainsail, figuring out how to contour the luff and where to put the draft, etc. Does anyone have any guesstimate on such a custom mainsail out of decent Dacron, fully battened, draft stripes, single reef, Cunningham grommet?
Again, thank you kindly for your opinions...