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Category: Sailing Data

Calibrating Heading

SILVA compass on s/y Charlotte Hanse 388

Last week, during my fun solo sail from Finland to Ă…land and back, I had some issues with engaging the autopilot. Regular commentator and Hanse 385 owner Stuart chimed in (thank you!), and suggested I should check the calibration. So I did!

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Published May 17, 2020
Categorized as Data, Hanse, Sailing Data Tagged Data, Hanse 388

Hanse 388 Performance 2.0

Hanse 388 s/y Charlotte broad reaching.

Last year I wrote a post summing up our first season sailing performance. Now, a couple of months into our second season, I think it’s clear that we’ve already found a better gear! In this post, I’ll share some data from a two-day solo sail I did this week.

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Published May 9, 2020
Categorized as Data, Sailing Data, Summer 2020 Tagged Data, Hanse 388, Summer 2020

Some Videos

s/y Charlotte Hanse 388 sailboaat

Last weekend, it was still too cold and also a bit too windy to go out sailing with the family. I played around with some other things, though!

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Published April 5, 2020
Categorized as Data, Sailing Data, Summer 2020

Wind Polars

Hanse 388 s/y Charlotte Wind Polar

Sailboat polar diagrams usually tell us what the boatspeed will be, based on wind speed and angle. I thought it would be nice to flip it the other way: if we want to achieve at least, let’s say, three knots of boatspeed, what kind of wind will we need to achieve that?

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Published February 29, 2020
Categorized as Data, Hanse, Sailing Data Tagged Data, Hanse 388, Hanse Yachts, HanseYachts

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