If worried about burning the minimum fuel, I slow down to where we produce very little stern wake, or about6 kts. We normally motor at 7.0, but there is a noticeable wake coming up behind the transom. If viewed from broadside, that is about the point where the sine wave starts at the bow, rises some, and dips in the middle of the boat's profile and rises again to a high point at the stern.
When we have a lot more wind-provided "horse power" to put into the hull, we have held onto 10 kts for hours, in open ocean, running in 24 kts true. That put some occasionally back wash splashes up thru the cockpit drains. Easy sailing and a gratifying reason to own an Olson.
When we have a lot more wind-provided "horse power" to put into the hull, we have held onto 10 kts for hours, in open ocean, running in 24 kts true. That put some occasionally back wash splashes up thru the cockpit drains. Easy sailing and a gratifying reason to own an Olson.
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