We are now able to sail at a decent speed in even 10 knots of wind. This is good since most of the trip to Minerva was at most 10 knots.It is amazing how much difference a slightly larger and flatter sail makes. I wish I had it last year when we did 10,000 miles..." Rich a...
EXTRA KNOTS NOT ENOUGH TO SAIL TO SPEED RECORD
Seats 62, maximum speed 8 knots, joined the fleet in 2004. Before her life as a Clipper, she carried staff between Ford’s Dagenham plant and Belvedere. Now she is the only boat in the fleet that carries commuters, visitors, and hotel patrons between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf on route...
The high speed catamaran has grown in both size and speed. In 1998 the InCat catamarans Catalonia and Cat-Link V, built in Australia, crossed the Atlantic (2972 nautical miles—New York to Tarifa) at record speeds of 38.85 and 41.28 knots (Clifford 1998). These speed records were set by...