Colvic Watson, Slowest Boat on the Planet

Short clip of our Watson 31.5 motorsailer going a lot faster than they have any rights to.
Enjoy!

[@fish-hawk5903]

Magnificent!

[@timmatthews1708]

Great video Andrew , Anne is seriously travelling !! We’ve never managed to squeeze more than about 6 knots out of Feels Good , 31.5’ . Next lift out, I think we need to make your deadwood and rudder mods . 👍

[@LaminarFlow896]

Hi Tim, it's not just the rudder & deadwood, we also carry twice the sail area of the standard model. The modifications, however, prevent rudder stall, minimize weatherhelm, provide control in winds over 15 kt and, consequently, permit a much larger sail area. Between her beam, displacement and a fairly hard bilge, the CW hull is remarkably stable; in the video, the wind speed is at up to 30 kts! Great to hear from you again. Best, A.

[@s.v.corycia5643]

God's Speed and fair winds!

[@maxifenix9979]

Over ground measured by gps or through the water measured by the log?

[@LaminarFlow896]

Through the water, of course. Through the water for the sexy bits, over ground for navigation. Otherwise I could post that we've done 14 kts and 13 kts in the Chenal du Four and around Cap de la Hague!

[@atakd]

Yes, I also once calibrated my log to over-read by 100% to impress a potential buyer. I believe Annie Edson Taylor reached 60 knots in a similar craft to a Colvic Watson, a barrel, whilst going over Niagara Falls.

[@LaminarFlow896]

@@atakd The admission that you are apparently prone to fraud, does not infer that others are as well. My log was calibrated in a Dutch canal, averaging both directions and comparing it to the km markers ashore; I'm a bit fussy that way. Point to point and on passage we have averaged 6.8 kt over 94 miles and 6.4 kts over 270 and 250 miles, under sail and on a regular basis. I've done some 70.000 ocean racing and cruising miles, designed , built and modified yachts. Just perhaps I know what I'm saying and so could you, by simply observing the wake of the boat in my video. Relative speeds of 1.6 are perfectly achievable for a boat with a relatively high CP and a suitably flat run, even a relatively heavy one.

[@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908]

8-8.5 knots, that is indeed quite respektable for any 32 foot sailing vessel.