Thanks Bruno. Cheers, Randy
> On Apr 27, 2019, at 10:00 PM, Bruno Lachance <bruno_lacha...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Randy, I don't know the Bali line that well, but to me most of them look like > power cat with a tiny mast. I have not looked at the SA/D ratio but it must > be really low. Definitely not an Outremer! > > If you go back, have a look at > http://vacancessousvoiles.ca/en/ownership-programs/ownership-made-simple/ > <http://vacancessousvoiles.ca/en/ownership-programs/ownership-made-simple/> > > They charter privately owned Hanse yacht. They are a bit IKEA down below and > I'm not a big fan of self tacking jib but I think there are quite nice > compared to the average big name charter offer. > > The BVIs, What an amazing playground! > > Cheers! > Bruno > > Envoyé de mon iPad > > Le 27 avr. 2019 à 15:50, Randy Stafford <randal.staff...@icloud.com > <mailto:randal.staff...@icloud.com>> a écrit : > >>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 11:44 AM, Bruno Lachance via CnC-List >>> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >>> >>> A friend of mine just came back from a BVIs charter on a Bali 4.0 cat. He >>> was so disappointed with the "sailing" part of his trip. He missed his CS36 >>> upwind that's all I will report. >> >> That’s funny, I just chartered a 2019 Bali 4.5 in the BVI three weeks ago. >> I chose it on purpose after researching every four-cabin, four-head cat >> available for charter in the Virgins - primarily because it has a nice >> seating area forward of the deckhouse. And it was the right choice for the >> trip, from a social perspective. >> >> But we had a hell of a time getting the helm balanced, no matter the point >> of sail or wind speed. Even with a flybridge, the main had so much more >> area than the jib that we’d have to ease it so much to center the rudder >> that we’d start losing power from it. Seems like the Bali’s mast is too far >> forward. So we just basically lived with 5-10 degrees of rudder angle all >> week, except one day upwind from St. John to Cooper Island we somehow found >> a better balance. We made Anegada to Jost one day, some 25nm on port tack >> broad reach, in about four hours double-reefed with a peak speed of 9+ kts, >> but never broke into the double digits. >> >> My wife wants to charter a monohull next time, and of course so would I. >> If I remember correctly there were a few Bavarias and Dufours in the charter >> fleets, apart from the typical Beneteaus and Jenneaus. >> >> Cheers, >> Randy
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