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Originally Posted by Bene505
Is there something to be said for sailing faster to get out of the way of weather? Or is that just an advertising scheme?
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I hear that from the fin keel, spade rudder, fairly fast production boats and it's true, they
might get out of the way of the weather. My experience, in two Force 10 storms, is that providence is never that kind to you. In the first storm, by the time we learned that the storm might hit us, we were 300 miles in any direction from safe harbor. In the second storm, in March of this year, same deal, no safe harbor that you could reach in a sailboat - regardless of how fast it was - even if we had made it into the ICW, we would have taken a terrible beating. Enduring those two storms over the years, I'm a firm believer in a strong bluewater boat if you are venturing far from harbors.
On the other hand, if someone is going to do the kind of sailing that probably 95% of all boat owners do, I think a production boat is probably the best choice.