Doublehanded Farallones at BAMAApril 3
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Congratulations Motorcycle Irene, taking 1st in the express 27 fleet and 3rd over all in the event.
Recap by Will Paxton


Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1Motorcycle Irene11
2El Raton22
3Wetsu33
4Elise44
5Great White55
6Verve66
7Dianne8DNF
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Author: Mark Lowry
Subject: Target speed - Upwind
Info: (10769 views) Posted: Wednesday 6-18-08 02:54:38 PM
I shoot for keeping the boatspeed around 6 knots going upwind. I think my speedo is pretty accurate. That will depend on wind/wave conditions, of course, but, that seems to work pretty well for us.

Mark Xena, #68

:: Actually I meant to ask for target speeds upwind. Kinda
:: hard to read the polars in the Schumaker article.
:: Anything out there? Thanks.

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