Faster then hull speed with a monohull cruiser?

[Stemar]

My old Snapdragon 24 had a hull speed of 6 knots, but with 28hp under the bonnet she could manage a bit over 7knots, but with a seriously antisocial wake. Our GPS speed record was 11.5 knots coming in through Hurst narrows with the spring tide pushing us, but our speed through the water was more like 5 knots.

I always said that if I got her on the plane I was going to bale out!

 

[arcot]

Hawaii between islands
38 foot boat
Wood epoxy
Fin keel
Wind on quarter
Regular trdewinds seas perhaps 6 foot waves or more but far apart
16.4 knots

 

[Daydream believer]

Not sure how but I seem to recall that Anderson 22's have the opposite problem ... they find it hard to do anything other than exceed hull speed

I really miss old Seajet. Have they buried him at sea with a HarrierJump Jet, or has he given up because we kept taking the wee wee ?

 

[TNLI]

How easy is it to go faster then hull speed with your cruiser?
At what point of sail, which boat, with what sails/rig, what wind speed? Can you do that normally or just on exceptional circumstances?

Easy if you have a boat that is not too heavy like a steel yacht. All you do is head down swell, just like they did in the last part of the film, Perfect Storm. Alas if things get a tad too exciting as regards excessive boat speed resulting in the rudder or rudders lifting out of the water as you surf off the face of a 90 ft wave whilst crossing the Flemish Cap, you do need to know how to slow down or the boat will round up and roll over, or even pitch pole. That might ruin your whole day. The trick is a long trailing warp held down by a good section of heavy chain.

 

[PhillM]

I really miss old Seajet. Have they buried him at sea with a HarrierJump Jet, or has he given up because we kept taking the wee wee ?

Agreed. He was a good forumite and added a lot of both knowledge and fun to the place.

 

[Spirit (of Glenans)]

Once found myself on a Sunfast 32i under just a storm jib, doing 10kt in the Channel in a Force 9-10. Wasn't funny!