Seajet
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Scotty,
nice happy snaps but how are they relevant ?
nice happy snaps but how are they relevant ?
Tradewind Yachts - think I'm going to sell up and buy one!
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Scotty_Tradewind
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see my edit .... 
alant
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Seajet, I didn't realise you also had a T35.
Thought you were a A22 advocate!
Even so, 7 knts is stretching things a bit, unless you can get it up on the plane.
Seajet
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alant,
not sure if you're taking the mickey ?!
Much as I admire T35's - and have sailed in vaguely similar ferro boats - I don't think they are a handy boat for hopping around the Solent.
As for the 7 knots thing, I can assure you we did that without too much effort across the Channel according to trail log and time, then again last season up & down Emsworth Channel watching the GPS.
My boat is not a speed machine like an E-Boat, it just seems Oliver Lee got it right !
You are welcome for a spin next season - seriously - but it had better be F3 plus, she doesn't like less.
Andy
Brightwork
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Who has proven the waterline length rule wrong? Do you have a link please.
alant
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Seajet has obviously, "I can assure you we did that without too much effort" probably something to do with a glitch built into an A22 trailing log!
In this article, the very best day's run was 126 Nm, 5.25 knts.
http://www.anderson22class.co.uk/articles.htm
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alant
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Didn't realise they were ferro.
Seajet
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alant,
thanks for taking the trouble to look !
When David Harding of PBO reviewed the boat he didn't quibble with the 7 knots, and commented the club rescue boat had trouble keeping up for photography.
Also it has been proven since both ways up and down Emsworth Channel ( so discounting tide ) with the GPS plotter.
Duncan Kent of Sailing Today seemed to have a good time too.
It's a shame my boat is out of the water this season - typical that we should have this discussion now ! - all I can say is you're welcome ASAP next Spring.
As to the 7 knot cross - Channel I still see the crew involved now and again but don't know if he'll remember it, was a long time ago - frankly I didn't believe the log either and thought it was over-reading until Salcombe and the rest of England turned up a lot sooner than I'd planned !
Bearing in mind the direction from Guernsey to Salcombe and the prevailing South Westerlies you can imagine it was a spiffing beam reach but not wave assisted surfing.
The 7 kt + exercise in Emsworth Channel was last year with an experienced dinghy sailor as crew, and we were going for max speed on the plotter; the boat was heavily loaded with all sorts of cruising junk.
I can't say much more than ' come along for a try '.
Andy
Sybarite
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From memory the Vancouver came out on top.
Seajet
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Mad Pad
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Optimum hull speed is the square root of the waterline length.So a 36 footer would be 6 knots a 900 footer would be 30 knots.To push it above this takes a vast amount of energy..and effort(spinnakers and all that malachy)
Salty John
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Maximum speed is theoretically 1.34 x root of WL, but actually more like 1.4 x for moderate displacement boats and 1.5 x or so for lightweight flyers.
alant
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Even @ x 1.5, a 22' boat is hardly going to get +7 knts "average" speed.
Sybarite
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Sorry for the time it took, I have only just seen this. Yes it was the 34.
Scotty_Tradewind
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Last Saturday.... conditions a bit boisterous in the Solent so our local inshore/offshore club cancelled a rally to Bembridge.
Just a few hearty soles from an RAF club and us were there. So much for Tradewinds being a boat unsuitable for Solent type sailing!!
I have a boat that's safe, comfortable and reliable, not just a sailing caravan that can only be used in a breeze or less.
S.
Just a few hearty soles from an RAF club and us were there. So much for Tradewinds being a boat unsuitable for Solent type sailing!!
I have a boat that's safe, comfortable and reliable, not just a sailing caravan that can only be used in a breeze or less.
S.
Seven Spades
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I like these:-
Do you have an Aston? Sell that instead of the house?
Do you have an Aston? Sell that instead of the house?
doug748
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Thank you Seven Spades a thing of beauty. 5ft draught and centreboard too.
I will have mine with slab reefing, tiller steering and a modern hatch over the main cabin please.
I will have mine with slab reefing, tiller steering and a modern hatch over the main cabin please.
Scotty_Tradewind
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Ditto.... super boats.... swmbo likes the fact that it's American.
Pl's forgive her she was born that way
S.
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alant
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Not sure I like the radar unit at the backstay.
Audaciter
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I know this is very late to reply but I had a Tradewind 39 (Audaciter) which I kept in QAB and then in the Tamar, and I was aware of Bimba .. She was sold and sailed abroad but was back in Falmouth in October 2015. Happy to answer any questions about the 39's.