Interesting compensation with shortening the pole. Did you shorten it to right at 105% of J or to just under 110% (the class pole is just slightly over 110% but maybe the handicappers round down?). I'm going to check with PHRF to see if they'll give me any credit for using a J-24 pole (9.65 ft long = 107% of J)...probably not...

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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