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Can anyone advise on or know of the differences in perfomance between an Adams 10 and an Etchell?
Adams 10 vs Etchell
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They're both sailboats....While you're at it how 'bout the difference between a Subaru Forester and a Ride-on lawnmower...
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Adam's 10 will generally spank the Etchells Ray.
You could look up rating certificates for ORC as both boats should have an OD rating.
This will give you some sort of speed comparison.
You could look up rating certificates for ORC as both boats should have an OD rating.
This will give you some sort of speed comparison.
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In all seriousness, (and having owned and raced an A10 for many years) it would depend on what you are wanting it for. I guess it is as a club racer. My A10 was the cabin version and had a lifting keel (well certreboard anyway - it had no weight in it) Went up wind well but went like a cut cat on a reach and despite my barb had a pretty good interior for weekend and short cruises. We did our local 300 mile offshore race a few times. A10's are great boats but they all be getting pretty long in the tooth now.
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Depends on which mould the Etchells came out of.
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Standing headroom in an Adams? Don't think so - unless you are the same size Joe was!more standing headroom at least LB
Definitely faster than an Etchells
As Jethrow pointed out, infinite headroom in an Etchells, if that's important to you.
Very different boats, as others have pointed out.
If you want to go offshore, the Adams is less uncomfortable and not quite an open boat. Lots of holes in the deck to keep the interior well hosed down.
I spent a miserable month on one but wouldn't think of doing the same with an Etchells.
Very different boats, as others have pointed out.
If you want to go offshore, the Adams is less uncomfortable and not quite an open boat. Lots of holes in the deck to keep the interior well hosed down.
I spent a miserable month on one but wouldn't think of doing the same with an Etchells.
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Mine with the lid had about enough for a tall dwarf. When I first started the school we would do 5 day live-a-board courses with 4 students and the Instructor. But will the young'uns believe you today?
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IIRC Matt Allen did up one as an IRC burglar for the Asian regattas a few years back.
Great boats. Around here A10's were called 'Snake boxes'.
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Mine was called longitude but I renamed it ‘The Usual suspects’. Crackerjack, Showtime and Ella were all other A10’s with lids that we had up here. We also had the halfies Beach Inspector, Mad mans Woodward and Scampi A. Great fleet of 30 footers back then.
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Teresa Michell and David Pryce did the 1999 Melbourne Osaka in an Adams 10 'Montane' Which is funny as they are both over 6ft tall
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Pretty sure Crackerjack (II? def Adams 10) has been in Hobart for 20+ years.