Sorry, I should have been clearer - J-24 - belongs to a friend - we have been racing together for over 10 years, sometimes he has raced on Penniless (my 30-1) and I have raced on his j-24. We raced together on another friend's J-80, but I dropped off that one (too intense for me) to move to another J-80 for Wednesdays and Saturdays.
This year, we will race the J-24 on Fridays (in Oxford) and be on different J-80's for Wednesdays and Saturdays and on my Penniless for the Jib and Main series on Sundays (he will miss some of these). And we will probably use Penniless for a three race Frostbite in the fall. Gotta get in my 40 races a year. Gary St. Michaels MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Hoyt, Mike To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake - MH vs Frac - 24? Gary J24? Sure sounds like it when you say fractional 24 and spongy deck! Also on the J24 is quite a tapered mast so agree only use MH chute in light wind. Of course I may be mistaken and teh C&C24 could have been made fractional but I believe is MH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Nylander Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake Agreed. We took a six second hit for the masthead chute. We sail mostly in light air, so are careful - the last few feet of the mast are only supported by the back stay, as the shrouds come out of the mast at the same level as the fractional chute and forestay. We, as I said earlier, only fly the masthead in lighter conditions, opting for the fractional in more robust wind. Needless to say, we don't do any power reaching.... We 'think' that overall, the six seconds is worth it because of our lighter conditions - it is really cool to pass the other 24's on a downwind run - and hope you make up enough distance to overcome the handicap. We are going to use the 24 in a different venue this year, after a two year re-fit (leaks and some spongy deck) where they have a little more wind - it will be interesting to see how that works out - I'm driving and am a coward, so we may be more conservative about which chute to put in the bag.... Gary I still have the C&C 30 for Jib and Main sailing (and the ex-admirals mid week romps). ----- Original Message ----- From: Hoyt, Mike To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:32 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake That would be an adjustment and the handicap would take a hit for it ... unless it was one of the newer boats like Farr 30 or similar that has masthead chute and fractional rig as a standard design. One note - changing a fractional boat to fly a masthead chute puts other than designed for forces on the mast and rigging. Some vessels are not adequate to this change... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Moriarty Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 6:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake I have very little experience with spinnakers. How does one fly a spinnaker from the masthead of a fractionally rigged boat? Might there be a block on a crane? I would think there would only be a main halyard at the top of the mast. Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Gary Nylander <[email protected]> wrote: ... or a masthead chute where the stock boat has a fractional ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
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