Comments for Forgotten in the quest for speed: reverence for seakindliness at http://www.sailingmagazine.net , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.sailingmagazine.net Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:18:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.sailingmagazine.net/columns/full-and-by/819-forgotten-in-the-quest-for-speed-reverence-for-seakindliness#comment-132 Another excellent post. I used to own an Aage Nielsen design, similar in shape to the Holger Danske that won the Bermuda Race and I suspect a type that Crealock had in mind when he drew his designs. Our boat had the most seakindly hull of any I have owned, yet she still put up respectable speeds under any conditions. I will never forget leaving the coast of Maine into a typical sou'wester right on the nose from the Cape Cod Canal almost 200 miles away. All day and night we beat into that stiff 20- to 25-knot wind, tacking every hour or two, yet there was never a moment of wishing it were over. She just marched to windward while the offwatch slept comfortably on the low side and the helmsperson let the self-steering do most of the work. No fuss, 7 knots over the ground, hard on the wind, never missed a hot meal and the next morning we were there. - zyxw Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:17:39 +0100