Great vid (but I think it would loose some punch without the audio). And while I don't think anyone would ever compare a C27 to a TP52, I will say that of all the racing communities in the country I am pretty sure that Annapolis has the most active C27 fleet. That being said I have raced on 7 different boats in the fleet and all dump the main when over powered. And I don't imagine that there are many others that are as competent at making a boat go fast and be able to climb up the ladder than the folks I race with and against. I don't even consider myself in the same league as the guys that consistantly win high point here although I have raced with all of them, but I can observe and learn pretty well. So whether anyone agrees with it in theory or not, please come play with us some day when it is blowing 10-15 and hope it builds to 20+ and you will experience exactly what I have been talking about. Tim has raced with us and several other C27s in the area (including of course his own), but I don't know if he has experienced above conditions or if his experience is the same. In a message dated 7/27/2008 5:41:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just to pile on here, and support what Chris says, check out this vid from Quantum showing how they sail their TP52 upwind. http://www.quantumsails.com/ This is in a pretty big breeze and about 3 minutes into the vid, note the main breathing and the top battens inverting. Is this slow? I dont think so...Quantum just won the Audi MedCup Circuit in what is undoubtedly the most competitive European (if not the world) big boat one design fleet. anyway, cool vid - turn the sound down if you are not a Ledd Zepp fan! tf >When the wind pipes up and we > are > unable to change out the headsails we just dump the main and let the jib > power > the boat. If we can change out the headsail the vast majority of the > boats > will change to a 135-140 and keep the full main in place. Again just > dump the > main and let the headsail power the boat. This is a Chesapeake Bay set > up > where we rarely experience more than 20 other than in storms and they are > usually short lived. **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
