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Catalina 34

General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: km2x on April 05, 2007, 09:13:30 AM

Title: Surfing
Post by: km2x on April 05, 2007, 09:13:30 AM
Has anyone ever got there C34 surfing?  Is so how fast. Inquiring minds want to know...

Thanks.
Title: Re: Surfing
Post by: Ken Heyman on April 05, 2007, 09:53:11 AM
Yes 9 plus knots down a wave in Lake Michigan. I'm quite certain that Stu and the SF Bay fellows have this beat.

Ken
Title: Re: Surfing
Post by: Ted Pounds on April 05, 2007, 10:52:23 AM
I got 10kts (indicated) on Laker Michigan waves.  I suspect SF bay while often windier doesn't build up as big waves.
Title: Re: Surfing
Post by: Stu Jackson on April 05, 2007, 11:17:55 AM
Highest we've hit is 9.9, my daughter was driving, but this was in the Bay on a broad reach.  The bigger and steeper the waves out in the ocean, the faster you can go.  Personally, I would avoid that condition.
Title: Re: Surfing
Post by: km2x on April 05, 2007, 12:20:06 PM
How about on plane?  Does it ever happen?
Title: Re: Surfing
Post by: Stu Jackson on April 05, 2007, 01:04:01 PM
Not to my knowledge, based on the shape of the hull.
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