Clipper's clippers?

[Bligh]

Is this more what you had in mind Gents.




Rob.

[surfimp]

Is this more what you had in mind Gents.


Rob.

I think the red zone is probably pretty close but the orange and green should be reversed... the fore-and-aft rigged ships are pretty fast on a close reach, at their fastest point of sail on a beam reach, a bit slower on a broad reach and absolute dogs when running dead downwind. As I understand it, the square rigged topsail of a topsail schooner was added specifically to try and address the absolute dogginess of sailing downwind.

I liked Dobbs' approach but I almost think something with two orange zones, in addition to his "Sail setting -1" at dead downwind idea, would be good.

Here's a very rough approximation of the idea:

[Bligh]

Right I'll work on that basis with the extra veer of 9 if you think Jonas has that correct gentlemen.
Rob.