Delta Ditch Run at Stockton Sailing Club/Richmond Yacht ClubJune 12
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1
1Get Happy!!11
2Magic Bus22
3Motorcycle Irene33
4Salty Hotel44
5Peaches55
6Ergo66
7Dianne77
8Loose Cannon88
9The Pork Chop Express99
10Hang 201010
11Moonlight1111
12Current Affair1212
13Simply Irresistible14DNF
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Author: Mark Lowry
Subject: Target speed - Upwind
Info: (10677 views) Posted: Wednesday 6-18-08 02:54:38 PM
I shoot for keeping the boatspeed around 6 knots going upwind. I think my speedo is pretty accurate. That will depend on wind/wave conditions, of course, but, that seems to work pretty well for us.

Mark Xena, #68

:: Actually I meant to ask for target speeds upwind. Kinda
:: hard to read the polars in the Schumaker article.
:: Anything out there? Thanks.

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