Here's my A cat ride; dubbed "Big Bird" by some wag at my club. The picture was taken at last year's Mid-Winters in Islamorada.

You sure that not the West River?

You're right Chris, I saw that brilliant clear blue water and confused it for the West River and Chesapeake Bay too! Come clean David, where was that picture taken? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

A little overkill...

The good ship Keith (Corsair F-27), from a day of single handing on the Chesapeake in late November...

That is just beautiful.

David

1982 SC20 lengthened to 6.5 m,
12m mast, Landenberger sails

modified Taipan 4.9
F16 Landenberger main
F18 spi (very tired)
cute crew + nice sunset

SWEET

so what was the final cost of modifying the bows of the 20... i read your post on the project... does the new bows really help at all???

my old boat a viva 27.

the art shot with the spin up

the new boat, what am I thinking. More pics on the the thread new project 1972 hansen coyote c-class

dsltrc:
difficult to say as while lenghtening the boat, I extended the mast by two meter and put a big squarehead on... meanwhile the boat got heavier than hoped for... if you would start from scratch you definitely end up with a different kind of killer (including budget) ;-)

costs: I profited from the low labour costs in China, but than you still buy all the harken hardware in the US and some original spareparts...and well, than come the sails. You probably better sell an SC20 and get an carbon ARC22 and it probably doesn't cost you that much more and it safes you so much frustration. would I change against an ARC22? only if I want to modify bows another time ;-)

hullshape: what definitely improved is the flow. the old hulls splashed like hell, the new ones significant less. boat is noticeable faster in light to medium wind but also earlier overpowered. don't think maximum speed improved noticeable... I use velocitek to track my speeds and so far didn't manage to achieve more than 19.8 while on a regular base the boat starts nosediving behaviours in the upper 17 knots.

I really like what you have to the SC20 Dirk. Looks like a hot new boat now !

... Respect !

Wouter

So much for elliptical shape hulls then !

Wouter