The boat closest to you is Nandi,a Didi 34,the boat she is racing is Faraway,a Far 40,so all of six feet longer than Nandi,if you look closely you will see that Nandi has a rather dirty bottom,while Faraway has a very clean one,so Nandi is doing ok!
Some comments from Justin who crews on Nandi just came in.
Nandi has been a great build. Its a combination of a great design, a great build, and a great kit. She is usually sailed with 2 or 3 people only - even the shot with the bag up has only Nick and I onboard. Deck layout and rigging etc is all perfect. Only slight gripes with this design are that the rudder is very constrained in its V - perhaps a few spacers to set the pintles out a bit would help as it catches in the inside of the V. The mainsail is huge and a bit of a handful when reefing, lowering or packing. Lazy jacks would help I suppose but out of place on a racer.
When racing - getting the sails balanced can be quite tricky. She is prone to round up in sudden fits of weather helm on occasions - both up- and down-wind. I guess this is not uncommon with broad sterns. Reefing the main early does help. So does reducing the Genoa - for reasons I haven't quite figured yet. She is very fast off the wind . . .
Her high freeboard makes her quite dry and comfortable too. A very successful performance-cruiser - good for both round the cans and offshore races I think.
During spring regatta, we paced the very high-tech L34 "Sensation" for many miles just a few feet apart - them with a crack crew in uniforms, carbon sails etc etc - and 3 of us in overalls on Nandi. she has the potential to be a very hot boat.
Cheers
J
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