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TEST REPORT - T15 RACING SLOOP

Time: 1:46 pm
Date: Saturday, June 28th, 1997
Location: Drayton Harbor Boat Marina, Blaine Washington
Place detail: From visitors’ dock to shore

Best Speed: 142 feet per minute

Average speed: 124 feet per minute

Distance: 63 feet

Data:

(test #) (seconds elapsed to cover distance)

(#1) (36 sec)	(#6) (28 sec)	(#11) (29 sec)
(#2) (28 sec)	(#7) (28 sec)	(#12) (29 sec)
(#3) (28 sec)	(#8) (29 sec)	(#13) (40 sec)
(#4) (31 sec)	(#9) (34 sec)	(#14) (28 sec)
(#5) (26.5 sec)	(#10) (31 sec)

Average time = 30.3928 seconds
(add all boat times together & divide by number of tests)

Average time (min) = .5065 minutes
(divide 30.3928 sec. by 60)

Average Boat Speed = 124.38 feet per minute
(63 feet divided by .5065 minutes)

Sail setting: Beam reach with one reef in main
Course: Beam reach across to shore, beam reach back to dock
Method of retrieval: by hand from shore & dock

Wind speed: 12 knots, variable up to 15 knots
Wind direction: W by NW

Water conditions: small wind generated waves
Weather: sun & scattered clouds
Temperature: 71 degrees F
Barometer: 29.89

Boat type: T15 standard production hull
Test Crew
1. Robyn Lesh
2. William Lesh
3. Laney Lesh
4. Cynthia Rogers-Lesh

Later in the same day an 1/8 mile course was established in the outer harbor. The T15 covered the 1/8 mile in 5 minutes, averaging 132 feet per minute in slightly gustier conditions than had been experienced earlier in the day.

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