Loved my M-17 from the first day I saw her, but now have additional reason to
give kudos to the designers. Lynne L has been racing weekly in the
Daingerfield Island Sailing Club's Tuesday night PHRF handicap series on the
Potomac
River, and in spite of being by far the smallest boat in the fleet, with a
rusty skipper, only a #2 furling genoa, and leaky slugs, she's holding her own
(though far from winning as yet), against 20 ft+ LWL boats. Lotsa fun, since
the relative advantage changes with wind strength and point of sail. Starting
from not quite dead last in the first races in April, we made it to the top
half (just barely, 8/17) of the fleet last week on corrected time. As others
have said, with its LWL, weight, and sail area, the M-17 has no business going
as fast as it does, but it does! Fantastic boat!
Now, if I just had a #1 genoa, or perhaps a Jerry M. for a skipper ... who
knows?
Rick
M-17 #633 Lynne L
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