Yes this is true and a great point, although it's mildly surprising that some of the maxis from the 1970's onwards weren't reliably planing. I had a quick look

Yes this is true and a great point, although it's mildly surprising that some of the maxis from the 1970's onwards weren't reliably planing. I had a quick look at race records, and even pretty formidable ones like Kialoa III's Sydney-Hobart records from 1975 that stood for 21 years was only 10 knots[1] (compared to over 20 for the clipper records) [1] https://rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2005/pre-race/kialoa-s-race-record-remembered-30-years-later/ https://rolexsydneyhobart.com/news/2005/pre-race/kialoa-s-ra...