Elite Keel @ San Francisco Yacht Club (2013)

May 18 - 19

Story

Congratulations to Dianne with their win in the Elite Keel Regatta.
Here is Steve's Top Ten List that he has submitted for publication.

ELITE KEEL STORY-A LIST OF TEN THINGS THAT HELPED DIANNE

1) The crew: Jarian Westfall, Laurel Schmidt, Mike Pastrone, Jeff Fellicetti

2) Will Paxton wasn't there.

3) This crew can change head sails, the hanked kind, in less then 2.3 minutes.

4) Wilie E Coyote didn't race Sunday.

5) Sun was shining.

6) It was my birthday weekend.

7. El Raton wasn't there.

8. We went left when we could.

9. The wind was blowing.

10. This crew has 59 combined years sailing with me.

Result

Pos	Boat	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5
1	Dianne	11	3₍₃₎	2₍₅₎	2₍₇₎	1₍₈₎	3 ₍₁₁₎
2	Peaches	15	4₍₄₎	4₍₈₎	4₍₁₂₎	2₍₁₄₎	1 ₍₁₅₎
3	Motorcycle Irene	16	1₍₁₎	1₍₂₎	3₍₅₎	6₍₁₁₎	5 ₍₁₆₎
4	Summer Palace	24	7₍₇₎	6₍₁₃₎	5₍₁₈₎	4₍₂₂₎	2 ₍₂₄₎
5	Abigail Morgan	25	5₍₅₎	3₍₈₎	6₍₁₄₎	5₍₁₉₎	6 ₍₂₅₎
6	Strega	30	8₍₈₎	8₍₁₆₎	7₍₂₃₎	3₍₂₆₎	4 ₍₃₀₎
7	Wile E Coyote	32	2₍₂₎	5₍₇₎	1₍₈₎	DNS₍₂₀₎	DNS ₍₃₂₎
8	Libra	44	9₍₉₎	7₍₁₆₎	9₍₂₅₎	DNF₍₃₇₎	7 ₍₄₄₎
9	Make Me Smile	51	6₍₆₎	9₍₁₅₎	DNF₍₂₇₎	DNS₍₃₉₎	DNS ₍₅₁₎
10	Moonlight	52	10₍₁₀₎	10₍₂₀₎	8₍₂₈₎	DNF₍₄₀₎	DNS ₍₅₂₎
11	Elise	60	DNC₍₁₂₎	DNC₍₂₄₎	DNC₍₃₆₎	DNC₍₄₈₎	DNC₍₆₀₎

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Author: Ralph Deeds ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Re: Foil versus Hanks
Info: (27156 views) Posted: Monday 4-30-01 12:41:00 PM

I have no experience with a foil but have used hanks for 14 years on my E27 and before that on a Cal 20. I have never, to my knowledge caught or damaged a spinnaker on jib hanks. We sail on windward-leeward courses and usually do windward takedowns. Another advantage of hanks, besides quick jib drops is that the sail doesn't have to be secured to keep it out of the water. I decided to go with hanks because somebody told me most J24s go with hanks rather than foils. We usually do our jib changes on downwind legs. The #1 can be depowered effectively with the backstay adjuster and the lead. We would change on a beat only in a long distance race. And if you practice a bit it's almost as fast with hanks as with a foil.d Only two out of 10 boats in our fleet use foils. (One of the ones that does is the top boat in our fleet--Air Force. I've never asked the owner, Peter Fortune, whether he would go with hanks if he were starting fresh. Peter, where are you? How about a defense of foils?)

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:: I have no experience with a foil but have used hanks for
:: 14 years on my E27 and before that on a Cal 20. I have
:: never, to my knowledge caught or damaged a spinnaker on
:: jib hanks. We sail on windward-leeward courses and
:: usually do windward takedowns. Another advantage of
:: hanks, besides quick jib drops is that the sail doesn't
:: have to be secured to keep it out of the water. I
:: decided to go with hanks because somebody told me most
:: J24s go with hanks rather than foils. We usually do our
:: jib changes on downwind legs. The #1 can be depowered
:: effectively with the backstay adjuster and the lead. We
:: would change on a beat only in a long distance race. And
:: if you practice a bit it's almost as fast with hanks as
:: with a foil.d Only two out of 10 boats in our fleet use
:: foils. (One of the ones that does is the top boat in our
:: fleet--Air Force. I've never asked the owner, Peter
:: Fortune, whether he would go with hanks if he were
:: starting fresh. Peter, where are you? How about a
:: defense of foils?)