What speed is hooning?

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On my fat bum tub of about 8 tons all up, a beam reach is exciting at about 9 knots. That, to me, is 'Hooning'.
On tippy toes and likely to get get blown over without due care and attention to wheel grappling

From another thread, doris reckoned a Whitbread 30 is 'hooning at 14-18kts. Phew.

So what is 'Hooning' speed on your boat?
 
Ooer, I'm not even going to say, for fear of people suggesting that we'd be going backwards if we went any slower!!

Feel free to have a guess - a Bilge Keeled fibreglass Kingfisher 26 with roller reefing genny, built in 1973 ish with a hull roughly 13/4" thick if not more...............
 
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Ooer, I'm not even going to say, for fear of people suggesting that we'd be going backwards if we went any slower!!

Feel free to have a guess - a Bilge Keeled fibreglass Kingfisher 26 with roller reefing genny, built in 1973 ish with a hull roughly 13/4" thick if not more...............

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He's talking about forward speed not leeway /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif (former Snappy owner)
 
Oi you!! Cheeky sod!!
She can go forward to y'know!! Granted she's not as fast as some (and I have been known to 'hoon' on occasion - on a different boat!)

Now, as my mother always told me, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all!!
 
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"Hooning" is not a speed, but a state of mind.

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Is there a land based equivelent besides getting round Brands Indy circuit in 51 secs on a Bandit 12?
 
As far as I know the word has it origins in Australian slang for an irresponsible driver. It is now standard terminology for this, and is used by all Australian newspapers. These papers use "hoons" to refer to the driver, and "hooning" to the activity. I suspect that it has migrated from this use into sailing terminology.
 
Sam seems to reckon that Roxy is hooning when she is going over about 20 knots - a mere 17 knots is about average speed apparently...... doing a steady 20 knots on one of those magnificent Vendee beasts would be like going through the sound barrier for me....

I reckon we are hooning if we are absolutely tanking along on our little (35') long keel sloop, averaging 7 knots on a broad reach - we did manage 100 miles in 14 hours once, and that was really hooning!
 
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...... doing a steady 20 knots on one of those magnificent Vendee beasts would be like going through the sound barrier for me....



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More like being inside a washing machine on steroids, I would say! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
On the big boat - 7 knots is good (she's only 30' LOA) however we kept up with the "big" boats on the way back from Cherbourg in 2007 and quite happily doing 8-9 knots through the water - mind you, that was dead down wind in 20-25kts with full sail inc poled out genny .... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

On the little boat it's got to be 15 knots+ but then you really do have to work at it ....

As Morgana will remember (back in the dim distant past) 20+ knots in a sailing dinghy is beyond terrifying - but at least I had a crew - not that it helped the sudden stop when we dragged the bottom!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
sun od 35 at 8 tonnes (what on earth have you got on board ?) doing 9 knots - thats not hooning, thats hoping /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I think I'll be adopting the word from now on and will shout something like 'yeeha now she's hooning' when you get that certain pitch of vibration through the rudder of a boat that will exceed hull speed.

That's deep broad reaching with the kite up in plenty of wind and a few waves to help on my boat - just like the RTI in 08 in fact which is my current speed record.
 
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