Almost every yacht has a favourite point of sail. That point where everything seems to be working as good as it can. We have found that Annecam like most yachts and Catamarans love it when they are on a good beam reach, that point where the wind and the waves are almost square to the intended direction we wish to sail. Not long back we had a short passage from Les Saintes, Guadeloupe to Portsmouth, Dominica and with a nice 14 knot wind from the east, we turned that into a close reach as we were sitting on 9.5 knots making that same wind into about 20 knots apparent and turning it onto our forward quarter, this is Annecams happy place.
We were told by the previous owner that Annecam gets a bit nervous over 8 knots but we have had no trouble at all with the speeds achieved in the Mediterranean of 14.5 on passage from Sardinia to the Balearics and a recorded 11.5 knots while surfing down the waves on day two out from the Canary Islands, while on the Atlantic crossing and hitting the unbelievable 16.5 knots not recorded since then.
The photo was taken by our friends Sue and Malcolm from their yacht Kool Kat.
Life is very sweet on Annecam.