You will not get bored playing this course multiple times. Depending on the wind direction, the course can play very differently, season to season, week to week, hour to hour. The exposed location puts you at the mercy of the weather. First timers will constantly be peeking ahead to see what surprises are coming next. Unlike some private clubs, the course does not reflect an old, stodgy vibe, rather the course is both fun and visually stunning at every step. The club has an old money feel, steeped in history. Leaving it below the hole is a requirement.

Once you get to the greens, you’ll find some of the fastest greens we’ve encountered. It’s really fun to hit your drive in just the right spot where it catches a downhill slope that acts as a speed slot, propelling your drive forward. The decision to remove a bunch of trees and embrace the links-like intent of the original design allows the land to show its true character. You will always find yourself multiple feet above or below your ball as the only flat areas on the course are the tee boxes! You will often find yourself multiple stories above or below your playing partners. The undulations and elevation changes from tee to green are some of the most dramatic we’ve seen. Rare for any American course, the majority of holes have water views!Īnd it’s not just the water views that make the course special. We think it absolutely lives up to the hype.Įastward Ho’s wow factor is off the charts. As such, Eastward Ho! gets a lot of hype. A cat with a number 0.6 is likely to sail 6kts in 10kts wind, a cat with a number of 0.7 is likely to sail at 7kts in 10kts wind.Golf digest puts it at #7 in MA and #128 in America. The higher the number the faster speed prediction for the boat. It takes into consideration 'reported' sail area, displacement and length at waterline. Kelsall Sailing Performance (KSP): Another measure of relative speed potential of a boat. A boat with a BN of 1.6 or greater is a boat that will be reefed often in offshore cruising.ĭerek Harvey, 'Multihulls for Cruising and Racing', International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1991, states that a BN of 1 is generally accepted as the dividing line between so-called slow and fast multihulls. 100% fore-triangle only, no overlapping sails.Ĭhris White, 'The Cruising Multihull', (International Marine, Camden, Maine, 1997), states that a boat with a BN of less than 1.3 will be slow in light winds. It takes into consideration the displacement and sail area of main and jib. For boats of the same length, generally the higher the S#, the lower the PHRF.īN - Bruce Number: The Bruce Number is a power-to-weight ratio for relative speed potential for comparing two or more boats. The equation incorporates SA/Disp (100% fore triangle) and Disp/length ratios to create a guide to probable boat performance vs. S# first appeared (that we know of) in TellTales, April 1988, “On a Scale of One to Ten” by A.P. The displacement in cubic feet can be found by dividing the displacement in pounds by 64. Originally founded as the Chatham Country Club, Eastward Ho is a unique Golden Age golf course situated on a narrow and bumpy Cape Cod peninsula known as. The lower the better.ĬSF = Beam/Disp (cubic ft)^.333.

The boat is better suited for ocean passages (vs coastal cruising) if the result of the calculation is 2.0 or less. The CSF compares beam with displacement since excess beam contributes to capsize and heavy displacement reduces capsize vulnerability. 3 LOA) x Beam^1.33), where displacement is expressed in pounds, and length is expressed in feet.ĭesigned to determine if a boat has blue water capability. Over 50 indicates an extremely heavy bluewater boat.Ĭomfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL +. Numbers below 20 indicate a lightweight racing boat ģ0 to 40 indicates a moderate bluewater cruising boat Ĥ0 to 50 indicates a heavy bluewater boat Consider, though, that the typical summertime coastal cruiser will rarely encounter the wind and seas that an ocean going yacht will meet. It is based on the fact that the faster the motion the more upsetting it is to the average person. It provides a reasonable comparison between yachts of similar size and type. This is a ratio created by Ted Brewer as a measure of motion comfort. The lower a boat's Displacement/Length (LWL) ratio, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed. A sail area/displacement ratio below 16 would be considered under powered ġ6 to 20 would indicate reasonably good performance Ībove 20 suggests relatively high performance.Ī Ballast/Displacement ratio of 40 or more translates into a stiffer, more powerful boat that will be better able to stand up to the wind.īal./Disp = ballast (lbs)/ displacement (lbs)*100

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