Coming home in the dark at about 35 knots from a dinner in Chestertown, my
buddy was steering due west and saw a tanker going due south. He was going
“between the ships” until I asked him why we were doing a kamikaze attack on a
ship!
Subs are really bad at night. I came across an anchored sub i
35 knots in a sailboat! Wow, can I crew with you guys on that boat 😉.
Neil
1982 C&C 32
Neil Andersen
20691 Jamieson Rd
Rock Hall, MD 21661
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Sent: Friday, February 7, 2020 8:36 AM
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A Grady-White with a 300 HP Yamaha would be your ride then ☺
I have sailed a Condor 40 over 20 knots and Coquina once did 15 – down a big
wave.
Joe Della Barba
Coquina
C&C 35 MK I
From: Neil Andersen
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2020 9:04 AM
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Cc: D
Joe,
Best I’ve done is about 12 knots in an Open 60 (Queen Margaret I think) coming
Bank north on the bay after a Governor’s Cup race a number of years ago. The
best part of the ride was feeling her suddenly go from 5-6 it’s. to 12. I
swear she started to plane.
Neil
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Neil Andersen
Joe,The best I've done is about 35 knots on my DN on the hard water here in the
Chesapeake Bay.The record for a DN iceboat is about 65 kts. It's really scary
when it goes greater than ~ 25 kts. Fortunately most of my ice sailing is
usually below 20 kts.
On Der Baron, we've occasionally hit 15-16
A couple of times I've "surfed" my 38 down a wave and hit 12 or 14 knots for a brief interval. Very exhilarating... and the most memorable part is the sound of the boat accelerating and the water flow past the rudder.Your comment about doing 15-16 on Der Baron reminded me of something The straw
