[kreton]

Hello Everyone,

I occasionally meet people in Bodrum, Turkey who insist that hulls shorter than 40 feet are at a disadvantage as the waves of Aegean Sea have an average wave length (I mean distance between two crests) close to 40 feet and that shorter boats repeatedly fall in between two wave crests and have a hard time pounding waves. When I tell them I sailed in the Atlantic aboard 28-38 feet boats they say Atlantic waves usually have longer wavelengths so you can not avoid pounding there even if you have a much larger boat.

I do local sailing aboard my Beneteau 473 which is a very comfortable but not solid boat and given the million dollar prices of larger seaworthy boats I am considering to go for a 38-40 feet solid cruiser that will enable longer distance sailings.

What do you think about this wave length, hull length stuff, especially have you experienced such discomfort/comfort ?

Many Thanks !