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| Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht Club | June 2 |
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| Norcalsailing report featuring Summer Palace:
http://www.norcalsailing.com/entries/2012/06/05/ditchrun2.html#.T-iWoI2Mfqs Below quoted from Pressure Drop: Drew Scott was helming a F-28. "My crew is starting to swing around to pick me up when El Raton, in perfect control slides up beside me and asks if I would like to get picked up. They had already doused their chute and stopped beside me. I took their offer and got back into a boat (trying to stop a lightweight trimaran next to someone when it is blowing in the mid-20s is not easy so I figured I would not turn down El Raton. My crew ably finished the race on Papillon, only one boat behind El Raton! And I had many adventures with El Raton, but that is their story to tell. So, a great big thank you to the Ray Lotto and the crew of El Raton for pulling my soggy hide out of Suisun Bay!! Drew Scott Papillon (most of the time)" |
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| Author: Bruzzone Subject: Express 27 vs SC 27 Info: (13472 views) Posted: Friday 3-24-06 06:28:32 PM |
I sailed on SC 27's for years.
Express's accelerate faster in less than 4 knots of wind . . . but, SC27's are faster upwind in less than 10 knots of apparent wind.
SS 27's don't (spinnaker) reach as well with the mast head spinnaker vis-a-vis an Express . . . and generally rake longer to accelerate.
Downwind SC 27s . . . once there moving are as fast or slightly faster than an Express 27 in light to moderate 'non-planning' conditions dead down.
Above 12 knots of true wind express 27's are faster on all points of sail.
In heavy air there is no comparison . . . Express's are faster and much more controllable.
For Seattle conditions an Olson 30 is best, SC 27 and then and E27.
MB
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