Hi Kevin and other Landfall 43 owners: "Sails well for what it is"... that's what concerns me... not sure I am ready to sail a Hunter-bago! I know it won't accelerate or turn like my 35, but I need to be sailing if there's wind, not motoring, as that would not work for me. So what is the minimum true wind speed you would sail in on a reach, and what boat speed would you get? How much true wind do you need to get moving at 7kts consistently? If you do offshore passages, what is a typical day, and what is your best day range in 24 hrs? How does it go upwind, and what is the AWA when closehauled and tuned for best VMG?
On a different topic, how is the cockpit, and locker storage on deck? The cockpit looks a bit shallow/small, with no good back rests. There appears to be two small aft deck lockers, and one port side aft locker; one of these I assume is propane. How large/deep are the lockers? One of the reasons we didn't like the 44 was minimal locker space on deck, so this is a concern also. Thanks! -- Shawn Wright shawngwri...@gmail.com S/V Callisto, 1974 C&C 35 https://www.facebook.com/SVCallisto On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 2:14 PM Kevin Wright via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hi Shawn, > We have a 1985 Landfall 43 in Georgian Bay, going into our 3 season. Love > the boat has all the room we need and more and it sails well for what it > is. Haven't had any major issues, like David, our engine was replaced with > a 55hp Westerbeke and does 7 knots without any problems. The only thing we > wished it had was some sort of sugar scoop to make it easier to get in and > out of the dingy. I'm heading to the boat tomorrow to take some > transom measurements to have a swim platform fabricated to help with that. > Let us know how it turns out! > > *Kevin Wright* > Raven > 1985 Landfall 43 > Midland ON >
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