M_Boats: Lake Pend Orielle sail

As Vince & Sharon said, we had a great time at Lake Pend Orielle last weekend with the Potter group. Fun people! Saturday was hot with wind in the morning; but Sunday we got SW winds that made small whitecaps. Vince and Sharon in 'Duet' and me in 'Vanilla' were doing up to 6.2 knots according to the GPS at times, even down wind wing&wing! That's the fastest I've gone in Vanilla. The theoretical 4.8 knot hull speed definitely is too conservative for an M15, especially when you're surfing! It took us a while to get back to the dock against the wind but we made it. In that wind two people in the boat have an advantage--they can carry more sail because of the added 'ballast'. Happy Sailing! --Gary Hyde M15 #235 'Vanilla'