Comments on: Sailing Performance of the First Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer http://oceanlines.biz/2009/03/sailing-performance-of-the-first-nordhavn-56-motorsailer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sailing-performance-of-the-first-nordhavn-56-motorsailer Powerboat Cruising Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Editor http://oceanlines.biz/2009/03/sailing-performance-of-the-first-nordhavn-56-motorsailer/comment-page-1/#comment-3667 Editor Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:46:16 +0000 http://oceanlines.biz/?p=1804#comment-3667 Don - I suspect a grammar issue is the cause of the confusion. The report was that he experienced 15 knots while sailing downwind; and 6 knots SOG average over the course of the trip. That could have been written much better. Here's a good link for performance details, both power and under sail, for the Nordhavn 56MS -- http://www.nordhavn.com/news/pressrelease/motor_sailing/ Thanks for your comment. Don – I suspect a grammar issue is the cause of the confusion. The report was that he experienced 15 knots while sailing downwind; and 6 knots SOG average over the course of the trip. That could have been written much better. Here’s a good link for performance details, both power and under sail, for the Nordhavn 56MS — http://www.nordhavn.com/news/pressrelease/motor_sailing/

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]]> By: Don http://oceanlines.biz/2009/03/sailing-performance-of-the-first-nordhavn-56-motorsailer/comment-page-1/#comment-3666 Don Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:39:08 +0000 http://oceanlines.biz/?p=1804#comment-3666 Perhaps you can help me with the quote from the above report. What does it mean to log 15knots with a speed over ground of 6 knots. Was it 15 knots of wind? Don Perhaps you can help me with the quote from the above report. What does it mean to log 15knots with a speed over ground of 6 knots. Was it 15 knots of wind?
Don

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