We headed off to Catalina this weekend for a more serious shakedown sail. Really, totally, amazingly, utterly pleased with how Kamalii sails. She flys along, and beating out to Catalina in 16-18 knots of wind we were doing 8-9 knots, topping out at over 10. Coming back on a beam reach in about 15 knots we were doing over 8 knots.We are all blown away by how well she accelerates and holds a good speed at all points of sail.
We arrived at Catalina well after sunset and had our first experience at anchoring using the "crane". Not exactly the most efficient system but it worked. Had to anchor in 90' of water, but holding was good.
Spent Sunday morning working on various jobs and then sailed back for another night time arrival back at Newport. We did manage to break a few things - the shaft brake and both topping lifts, but easily fixed. We are aiming to be on our way before the end of the week.
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| The Rig |
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| Under Sail. |
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| Catalina in the morning. |
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| Wayne works up a sweat on the aft deck. |
Some video of her under sail - 8.5 knots.
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