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: Ed Chung ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Lower in-line shroud
Info: (21533 views) Posted: Tuesday 10-21-03 03:34:56 PM
I was aware that the standard way to install these was attaching to the intermediates. After discussing this with my rigger who's sailed on one of our national teams, he suggested that I not touch the intermediates and simply add two more chainplates inboard.

I did and this works fine, with no worry that the intermediates will ever be overloaded. I moved the aft lowers to the new in line chainplate and installed 6:1 blocks to adjust the new technora aft lowers when I rock my rig forward. Using rope instead of wire eliminates chafe on my main and boom.

With a double ended adjustable wire backstay 28:1 below decks and 4:1 gross above decks, headstay sag can be adjusted quickly and easily upwind and downwind.

I also have gone to a masthead kite and am considering shortening my pole from 9'-7" to J or 9'-0" so that I can have a LLS of 34' while G=16'-2". My current spin is 31'-11 and G=17'-2". Either option gives me a -9 penalty, and in our racing area it is definitely worth it. My sailmaker is checking to see if the aspect ratio is workable in this latest configuration.

Obviously I race only PHRF here, but my boat can easily be converted to standard one design if I ever wanted to. Here, the standard set-up is very slow against my PHRF competitors.

Laser 28s rate even here and Ultimate 20 are 30 PHRF slower. As you can see, I'm up against some very tough ratings to race against and our PHRF committee doesn't want to change because my boat has performed much better than expected with old sails and novice crew. Sailed well, your boat should do well against anyone.

If you need any other info, let me know.

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