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77Gypsy
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Initially Posted - 07/21/2003 : 10:30:02

i sailed from solomons island to herring bay yesterday. i had the wind behing me so i was sailing a broad reach the entire trip, at first i had my spinnaker up but it got a little ard to handle. i took it down and opened my 150% genoa all the way unfurled and cruised along a bit more comfortable, around mid afternoon i satrted to see white caps, and some white caps on the waves started top break. i actually had a wave break on my beam. i had to fight the tiller with both hands for about 4 hours. my GPS gave me an average of 6.5 knts.
does anyone jknow what the wind speed was yeserday? i just know it was rough and windy but was curious on the actual mph.
btw. these C25's sail beautifully on a beam reach!!!

Steve
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gerdo
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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 11:20:22

I was out yesterday also. We sail out of HHN. What is your slip #?

Check this site for weather data: http://www.cbos.org/index.php

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 11:25:57

The thomas point light house site is http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?$station=tplm2. It showed 16-21 kts around 1800.

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 13:56:56

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
I was out yesterday also. We sail out of HHN. What is your slip #?

Check this site for weather data: http://www.cbos.org/index.php

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I'm a C-Dock HHN here. I think there's at least half a dozen C25's on that pier alone.

Kirk

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 16:29:53

Steve, Frank, Gerdo, Kirk,

As sailing on our modest inland lake has grown old, we're considering relocating OJ to your area.

How does the Catalina 25 perform on the Chesapeake?

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 20:36:39

I've got a 250 WK - so I can't answer for a 25's. Quite a few around here, but I caught up with and passed a Hunter 42 on Saturday and I hadn't lifted the outboard from the water even. Only thing you need to do is watch out for the crab bouys, fish traps and a few power boaters hell bent on beating you into the channel.

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 20:48:19

i am at shipwright harbour marina in slip #c-17 directly next to HHN.

For OJ,

I love the way she preforms in the bay. i have a standard rig fin keel, when i was out yesterday, most other small boats went back to port. she's a tough little boat.

i sailed to solomans on sat and back on sunday, she was comfortable for the cruise too.

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 21:15:06

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
...we're considering relocating OJ to your area.
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We're considering locating ourselves to the Chesapeake area. Passage can come along if she feels like it... <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Steve: You were moving a lot faster than we were on Long Island Sound yesterday! Wind speed between 0-8 knots in big stinkpot wakes from every direction... Passage's speed <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

Dave Bristle, 1985 C-25 #5032 "Passage" SR/FK/Dinette/Honda in SW CT

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 21:32:56

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> How does the Catalina 25 perform on the Chesapeake?<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

It performs beautifully. My swing keel is great for gunkholing, and I've cruised from Cape Charles to Baltimore, in weather from "slick cam" (Tangier Island for slick calm) to 25 knots and five foot seas.

I start sailing in March or April and usually sail into December. Y'all come.

And Steve, if you had to fight the tiller with both hands, you had too much sail up. I think you'll find that if you reduce sail to the point where the steering is comfortable, you'll be just as fast, or faster, than with more sail. My TR likes a reef in the main at about 15 knots. She will actually speed up by shortening sail in a blow.

Brooke

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Response Posted - 07/21/2003 : 22:19:17

Thank yopu Brooke for the advice. i did think about reefing but i don't yet have a good reefing system, i know it should be a HUGE priority. i've usually avoided sailing in those conditions but all i paid attention to was making sure it wouldn't rain and storm and i had a 9 hour sail ahead of me back to H.B.

Steve
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Response Posted - 07/22/2003 : 17:24:04

Sailing the Bay has been great (so far!)
There seems to be an endless list of places to go and things to see. There are endless places to anchor or Marinas to visit, depending on what floats your boat. It can get a little crazy on the big weekends, but I'm sure it's that way everywhere. Historicly, the dead of summer is just that, dead, but so far, this one has plenty-o-wind. I could go on and on, but I would get a nasty meassage about not advertising on the site!

Kirk

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Response Posted - 07/22/2003 : 17:58:02

further o kirk's post, there are many historic lighthouses which a great to sail by and photograph all over the bay.

Steve
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