fast sailing

[blackbart500]

how fast has any one sailed a 25 foot cape dory?

[sailingdog]

Hull speed is about six knots...

[blackbart500]

are you saying, nobody has gone faster than 6 knots in a cape dory 25 ?

[smackdaddy]

Bubb just pumped 9.1 out of his 7-ish rated Bene hull.

Do you sail a CD bart?

[blackbart500]

im still looking, trying to make up my mind, i love the lines of the cape dory 25 , they meet about all of my needs

[CalebD]

There are 3 ways you can go faster then 'hull speed' that I can think of.
1 - sailing in a following sea where the waves are big enough to surf. You will experience an increase in speed as the boat surfs each wave.
2 - sailing with a current. In the East River and other tidal canals (Cape Cod, D/Chessy) the current will add significantly to your speed over ground (SOG).
3 - in the right conditions sailing with a spinnaker can push the limit of the theoretical 'hull speed'.

Most of the time though you would be happy to get 5+ knots on a CD 25.
If you really want faster then consider a planing hull, longer boat (LWL), or a catamaran or tri (or powerboat).

[blackbart500]

thank you very much, you learn something every day, if you tell me all you know, i will know more than you, i will know what i know and what you know too.

[CalebD]

The CD 25 has a similar shaped hull to my Tartan 27 (cutaway full keel), IIRC. Similar classic lines above the water line as well. The hull shape makes it 'sea kindly' or 'forgiving' but it wont point as high as a fin keel boat.
Sounds like a good starter boat to me.

[zz4gta]

PHRF ratings

Cape Dory 25 261
Cape Dory 25D 252

If it's blowing 15-20 you'll see 5-6 knots. But the cape dory is NOT a 'fast' sailboat.

[speciald]

? Cape Dory -Fast? That's an oxymoron!