I sailed a 10 meter boat with a 50' foot mast, a fully battened main sail, and a 150% Genoa. It had a 5'9" fin keep, slept 6 people, and an 12' foot beam. It was made by Pearson, and was a blast to sail. I sailed her once from New York Ctty to the tip of Long Island Sound. The was a "Blue water" boat, with chain plates that went through the deck right to the keep. I sailed her and maintained her for 3 years. Alas, my back just couldn't take the pounding of white knuckle sailing, so those days are past, but I did have a lot of fun on her.
I was moored alongside the "HMS Rose" now called "The "Surprise", which was used in the movie "Master and Commander:The Far Side", with "Russel Crow", during a FM simulacast of the 1812 Overture. The "Rose" fired her cannons just at the right time. Anyone who knows that song knows what I mean. We were 100' feet from her. Truly spectacular.
Connecticut was offered the "HMS ROSE" for FREE!! TO be the state's ship. The State of Connecticut refused to take it because the "Rose' was a British ship, and a farmer was killed by one of her cannons firing whenthe "Rose" terrorizing the coast of Connecticut, a hotbed of revolutionaries. No one knows how many more Connecticut residents were killed. I think it was a mistake. I look at the ship as war booty. :Grin: