Some additional thoughts
Henry: I agree with what Tim and Watercolors wrote. The smoothness of the bottom and the keel are important. I would think that weight of your boat and it's contents would be important too, but our boat is usually very loaded and it still sails OK. Let me ask a few questions. What year is your C-22, and what keel does it have? When we sail on our summer cruise there are usually several other C-22s. I believe that there must be a difference between the ones before and after 1986, (or whenever the change was made that moved the galley from under the starboard cockpit seat to beneath the mast). The '86 and newer ones feel more solid to me, but that could make them heavier. Also, I'm rather sure that the winged keel doesn't point as well as the swing keel. I don't think that I have sailed with any of the fin keel C-22s, so I don't know how they compare to the swing keel boats, but I think they would be similar, or a little faster. My family is thinking about getting a second C-22, and it will be important to us to get the second one similar to the one that we already have, so that we can sail them together without one running away from the other one.I have heard stories that sailors who are serious about racing will try out (buy and sell) several C-22s until they find a fast one, then keep that one for racing.We don't really race our C-22, but when we go on our summer cruise, and there are a bunch of C-22s together, you know how it is. Anyhow, we usually work our way up toward the front. Aldo