Elite Keel at San Francisco Yacht ClubMay 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
PosBoatTotalRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5
1Dianne113(3)2(5)2(7)1(8)3 (11)
2Peaches154(4)4(8)4(12)2(14)1 (15)
3Motorcycle Irene161(1)1(2)3(5)6(11)5 (16)
4Summer Palace247(7)6(13)5(18)4(22)2 (24)
5Abigail Morgan255(5)3(8)6(14)5(19)6 (25)
6Strega308(8)8(16)7(23)3(26)4 (30)
7Wile E Coyote322(2)5(7)1(8)DNS(20)DNS (32)
8Libra449(9)7(16)9(25)DNF(37)7 (44)
9Make Me Smile516(6)9(15)DNF(27)DNS(39)DNS (51)
10Moonlight5210(10)10(20)8(28)DNF(40)DNS (52)
11Elise60DNC(12)DNC(24)DNC(36)DNC(48)DNC(60)
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Author: jeff earnshaw ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: hanks and light wind technique...
Info: (24376 views) Posted: Thursday 7-26-01 05:11:00 PM
j 24s??? just browsing by your site and read the postings although i am not an "expresser", i have an english hunter formula one( i crew on an express 34)and am looking at hanks instead of foil myself heres my two bits.

I heard from a very reliable source that J 24 are trending to hanks because , in light air they have the halyard tension real loose, this causes the sail in between hanks to billow out and while this may look slow the boats that do this are winning.

Why my guess is this the sail is definatley more wrinkled in this aspect thus disrupting laminar flow, BUT.... this may in fact cause turbulent flow which if you know will stay attached to the surface of a airfoil longer then laminar yes they will both separate but turbulent flow separates later.

my two bits..

jeff

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