How fast is your Mac???

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c130king
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

Post by c130king »

Berful, are you also going to tell us you don't know your D/L ratio either. Man...you call yourself a sailor. :D
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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After 47 years sailing some kind of sailboat I will leave the calculations up to someone else. The first sailboat I bought myself was a Hobie 16 in 1972 , I dare anyone tell me the hull speed of a Hobie Cat 16.
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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In 1972 I had a 19ft. Lighting and thought I was screaming across Hyannis Harbor doing someware in the 12 knot range when a Hobbie Cat wized by me like I was standing still!
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bubba wrote:After 47 years sailing some kind of sailboat I will leave the calculations up to someone else. The first sailboat I bought myself was a Hobie 16 in 1972 , I dare anyone tell me the hull speed of a Hobie Cat 16.
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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If you need speed buy a powerboat.
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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Hull speed, as Scott describes
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

Post by berful »

c130king wrote:Berful, are you also going to tell us you don't know your D/L ratio either. Man...you call yourself a sailor. :D
D/L ratio????? I need to find a site for rowboats! I'm so ashamed! (yuk)
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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What does hand cleaner have to do with boats??
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

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It is a well know fact the hull speed of a Hobie 16 approaches light speed as the inverse square root of the mass of the sailor nears equilibrium with the combined forces of apparent wind, wave and current. It's simple barnyard calculus.
My God but those things fly.

No head though...
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Re: How fast is your Mac???

Post by Kelly Hanson East »

My Hobie 16 has a perfect head off the stern???

I got the slower blue version though.... :? :? :? :?
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