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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: Jason Cosler ([email protected]) contact the author Subject: Re: Mast Head kite dimensions, etc. Info: (25930 views) Posted: Monday 2-10-03 10:13:00 AM |
Also: did you use a small reacher at the mast's head or fractional?
Ed Chung on 2/8/103 11:15 AM said:
>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Go for it, you'll love it.
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>>Also I put on runners in the standard slots and this also works great.
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>>Good luck.
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