Went out on Angela’s Valkyr (a cutter rigged Down East 38) yesterday. In winds from 8 knots to about 14 knots she seemed to hit about half of apparent wind speed. Seas were running from 2.5 to maybe 3 feet and she rode over them with no problem and was dry both in the cockpit and up on the bow.
Sail handling on Valkyr wasn’t as bad as I had thought it would be. the main once it was up a few feet went up hand over hand as fast as I could pull it up. The stay sail went up even easier.. The jib was the only sail that didn’t set real easy. It still has a lot of resistance to unfurling off the roller furling. It went on easier than coming off and even going on wasn’t as easy as I think it should be.
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