Hi Dave,
Remember, I mentioned I managed to reach 10 knots on surfs with the genoa alone. I also have a symmetrical spinnaker which was not put up that day as I was sailing alone.
As for the video, I wish there would be more S2 27 clips on Youtube for the benefit of all. I'd really like to see your boats in action. Go ahead, put your boat and sailing videos on Youtube and let us know it' there.
BTW, I managed to make-it second overall on the Moonlight Marathon last weekend. The Marathon are races on Lake Champlain that are approximately 100 nautical miles in length.
You can find the race results here: (BTW, they use the New England PHRF rating for the race).
Charles
s/v Nunavik (ex-Catalyst)
1995 S2-27, hull #12
Lake Champlain, NY
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--- In s227classassociation@..., "uswa174" <uswa174@...> wrote:
Outstanding, Charles! I have enjoyed your other videos, as well. It appears that Lake Champlain can develop some seriously steep, short chop, but it looks like a fun and interesting body of water to sail on. Do you have an asymmetrical spinnaker, or regular?
Dave S.
s/v Clio
1987 S2 27, hull #80
--- In s227classassociation@..., "cfilmcfilm" <cfilmcfilm@> wrote:
Just to let you know I finally managed to make used of the flat hull design of the S2 27 by surfing downwind on 4 foot waves on lake Champlain, NY last weekend. It was a solo outing and I only had my 135% genoa fully unfurled with gusty winds ranging from 15 and 25+ knots. I did record a few strong gusts exceeding 35 knots.
Here's a short video of what I could read on my instruments then:
As far as I can say, there was no apparent signs of stress on the boat, even if I averaged above 7 knots in the four hour I was sailing that day. Just can't wait to repeat this experience with a spinnaker.
Charles
s/v Nunavik (ex-Catalyst)
1995 S2-27, hull #12
Lake Champlain, NY
