Nonny wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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On Mar 10, 10:45 pm, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:
"Robert Bonomi" wrote:
'Cigarette' boats can reach 80+knots in calm water.

'Cigarette' boats AKA: Bathtub toys.

I used to have to listen to there bull crap about how
'Cigarette'
boats were "Blue Water" boats.

Used to **** off those guys no end when they would schedule a
race
then have to stay tied up at dock when a front would come thru
the
night before and they couldn't handle the 4-6 ft chop with
15-20 knots
of wind that resulted.

I'd hang a 110 jib, tuck a reef in the main and go out and
play.

Gawd did that **** them off.

I just grinned and got a cold one.

Lew

15-20 knots and 6-ft chop wouldn't even get my old Hoby 16
airborne. I
miss that thing, but I couldn't take the pounding at this age.

I pitchpoled my 16 several times. It's amazing how far a body can
fly from the back of a trampoline. grin

try a more modern cat, like a nacra or larger prindle, without a spin. you
have to do something really stupid and go out of your way to pitchpole a
prindle 19 or 18.2. i've never come even really close to pitchpoling my p19
and i've been out in some heavy winds. they have wave piercing hull forms,
so go through rather than up and down, so it's much harder to catch the nose
and trip.