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Old 03-14-2008
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Yeah; I have a feeling that the "numbers" would tend to improve for the CCA boats since their static LWL is what is used in the calc's. Remember, the LWL is non-static on those boats; so you can't really measure performance based on the dockside LWL.

In terms of seaworthyness; I still think it depends on the boat (new-era or old). In raw numbers comparisons the older boats tend to have better capsize ratio numbers and better motion comfort numbers. But again I still think it depends on the particular boat and how it sails. Sailboat calculators are only estimates of what the actual performance will be, they don't take into account hull and keel design.
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