> ...with 6 or 8 agile 200 pounders up there...
Calypso displaces +-24,000lbs with almost 10,000 of that in the keel. Back in 2008 on the up wind leg of a particularly windy (25 to 35 TWS) Foulweather Bluff race we had Calypso set up with 1 reef in the main and a #3 headsail. We passed most of the lighter boats that were relying on crew weight ballast. I told the older less agile crew that they could sit wherever they wanted, even below if they got cold. In the higher end of the wind range we would pop in the 2nd reef but the sea state made it attractive to keep the power up, heel over a bit and bash some waves. We would smile and wave to the overpowered boats sliding off to leeward eventually having to tack to avoid being embayed in Useless Bay. Calypso finally got her conditions, big wind, big waves, adverse current. We finished 3rd in class. Shortly after crossing the finish line off Edmonds WA we headed back south (up wind) to our home port, Shilshole Bay Marina. Before we made more than a mile of progress we got hit with a 48 knot gust (had 2 reefs in the main, #3 headsail). The gust knocked us down deep enough to have green water over the cockpit winches. I heard some nasty cracking sounds which turned out to be an early indicator of the balsa rot issues in Calypso's deck. We also broke part of the roller furler torque tube. >From that high wind race I got a great T-shirt, sea story, and confirmation of >the 43's heavy weather performance. I also dug the #4 headsail out of storage >to have on board for the next race/delivery with a high wind forecast. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle ________________________________ From: CnC-List [cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] on behalf of dwight veinot via CnC-List [cnc-list@cnc-list.com] Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 6:26 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Re: Stus-List When to reef C&C 33-2 One season I started early and just left the main reefed even when I packed up at the end of a sail. We get stiff wind here in early May. Anyway with Alianna I now prefer full main and furled genoa 135 to 120 then to110 and mine works ok furled to 100% with no change of lead points. If that's still too much for comfort the genoa gets rolled up all the way and just full main alone. Racing is different as the amount of sail you can carry is a function of weight on the windward rail; crew weight. Never really had enough on Alianna but I would love to try her with 6 or 8 agile 200 pounders up there; then I am using a 150 up front and ready to do sail changes.
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