Three Bridge Fiasco Race (Doublehanded) at Singlehanded Sailing SocietyJanuary 29
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Fantastic participation! Thank you to all for coming out for the first season counter!
SSS TBF Trophy Meeting Oakland Yacht Club, 7:30 pm Wednesday, February 9th.
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1Motorcycle Irene11
2Great White22
3Ergo33
4El Raton44
5Libra55
6Verve66
7Shenanigans77
8Magic Bus88
9Moxie99
10Elise1010
11Wetsu1111
12Thumper1212
14Light'n Up14DNF
14Wile E Coyote14DNF
14Discotheque14DNF
14Risk14DNF
14Witchy Woman14DNF
14Opa!14DNF
14Chili Dog14DNF
14Archimedes14DNF
14Peaches14DNF
14Bobs14DNF
14Mirage14DNF
14Dianne14DNS
14Swampdonkey14DNS
14Take Five14DNS
14Simba14DNS
14Taz!!14DNS
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Author: Ed Chung ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: Mast Head kite dimensions, etc.
Info: (24796 views) Posted: Saturday 2-8-03 11:15:00 AM
Depending on the PHRF penalty you want to race with, you can optimize your kite for your maximum benefit in the region where you are racing.

The variables we have here are spin pole length * 1.8 for girth and max hoist or max luff length. Always the greater of, determines your calculation.

Because I have the only e27 here, I went max height up my mast and shortened my spin pole and therefore my girth. With these adjustments, I take a 9 PHRF hit which is an excellent trade-off. My standard PHRF e27 hit with the standard set-up was 6 PHRF.

With the masthead, the boat goes much better in virtually all conditions and is much more fun to sail. I would recommend this highly, and possibly the one designs should consider this. This really powers up the boat big time.

With a small reacher in light air, the boat really heats up in the tighter angles and stays filled virtually all the time - very fun.

Go for it, you'll love it.

Also I put on runners in the standard slots and this also works great.

Good luck.

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