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Forget the fully battened sail - what you need are really well cut new sails preferably laminate. Then empty out the HUnter - every winter when I race my boat, I'm astounded how much rubbish has accumulated during the season. If you never race the Hunter and never empty it out, then you will find it even worse than I do
In the end you should be able to get it to go through the water almost as fast as the J80 but not in very light winds. Nor will it go in the same direction upwind.
The cheapest approach to your problem is to write on your kettle
"This is not, and never will be, a J80.....and that's absolutely fine"
Then every time you make a cup of tea whilst sailing it will remind you to enjoy sailing the boat you own.
J80s can plane.
Your boat never will.
Live with that thought.
Lots of good ideas in reples so far ....
Of course a 26' twin keel cruising boat isn't going to be anything like as fast as a pure racing boat but it shouldn't be THAT slow. (British) Hunters should be reasonably lively compared to other small cruising boats.
That prop. I thought Hunters generally had a 2 blade prop; a 3 blade prop is what you expect to find on motor sailers. A 2 blade fixed prop will slow you down and a 3 blade prop will slow you down more. Maybe whoever fitted it went everywhere under engine.
3 blade folding or feathering props are expensive but a 2 blade folder shouldn't be quite so expensive, certainly cheaper than a new suit of sails! and a 2 blade folder should be entirely adequate for a boat this size. Certainly the 2 blade folder I have on my Hunter 245 does all I need and the boat seems a good bit more lively than when it had a 2 blade fixed.
Word of warning on props on Hunters. Hunters seem to have outsourced the fitting of props to prop shafts and hence the taper can vary. Don't let the supplier assume that, because the last Hunter had a (say) 1 in 10 taper, yours will too. Similarly for retaining nut threads ...
Do you have a genoa or self tacking jib? Self tacking jib is handy, especially for single-handing, but small and will leave you under-canvassed.
The day I see a Hunter Horizon shifting like this, I'll eat my hat. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bosun Higgs
20 knots???Quote:
Originally Posted by Bosun Higgs
Ah Ha! I see Simon had the same thought :D
wow,
okay.....
I am afraid the slug cure will not work
the only option is to become a dinghy sailor in the summer
one of those tea tray jobs with an asymmetric
Dylan
PS - I still think using an asymetric on a bowsprit is cheating a bit
It is like a giant SB3
:D
Thanks for all the comments. I know it will never be as fast a J80 the PY for a J80 is 876 where as we're on 1124. Miles away. TBH I don't want anything that racey you need a crew of at least 4 to keep the thing in control.
It would just be nice to make 3-4 knots in 10 knots of breeze. I think the 3 blade is a problem, I look round the boat park and even the bigger 35+ ft Moody's and westerly's have smaller props.
Why be satisfied with 3-4 kts?Quote:
Originally Posted by tom_sail
This is our Sun Legende 41, always just a crew of two.:)
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...g?t=1271709166