RE: [Cal_Boats] FW: [cal] Repowering My Cal 2-27

Hi, Mike. For displacement (not planing like a Donzi) hulls, the hull speed is 1.3 times the square root of the water line. In your case, about 6.3 knots, I think. It will go faster, but effort is expended raising the boat out of its own bow wave. Once you get near 9-10 knots in heavy weather and surfing down waves, she will get squirrely in her handling. Also, as far as engines go, have to consider maintaining speed in sloppy water. I'm thinking 10-15 horses is good for a CAL 28. Hope This Helps Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of bluerocket1100 Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 3:06 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] FW: [cal] Repowering My Cal 2-27 Hello all! As a new owner of a 28 Cal with no motor and my background with boats is primarily with jet boats and powerfull motors. Here is my question how fast can a 28 Cal hull go? I'm not looking for manufacturer spec Have a wonderfull day Mike SV Hussie Groups are talking. We´re listening. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups. <http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=41144/*http://groups.yahoo.com/local/newemail.html>

Thank you for the advice. As for the Hussie I picked her up from a guy in Santa Barbara he owned the boat for 7yrs 4yrs he lived in the outer bay I sailed her down to San Diego and she already looks 75% better befor i left Santa Barbara I spent 4 days cleaning and removing the previous owners left behinds and the boat raised up 12 inches (tell tale scum line) on sail power i got her up to 7.5 knotts from LA to Catalina I have a story of my journey I am working on and i'll post when i'm done "soon" My next question is "witch comes first the boat or the slip?" remember i'm in San Diego. Mike S.V.Hussie 28 Call 1966 --------------------------------- See the all-new, redesigned Yahoo.com. Check it out.