Hi Charles, It depends on the setup and local conditions. Per my lake's PHRF committee you cannot carry both a asym and sym spin on the same boat.. Period. So you have to choose wisely. None of the racer cruisers guys use the Asym but a couple of the boats capable of planing do. There's probably a reason for that as there are several very experienced crews / skippers in the racer cruiser ranks.
While crewing on my friend's boat we tried a race with his asym and it was more of a handful than it appears. For cruising it's straightforward as you are not constantly jibing. For racing however jibing it without a furler requires impeccable timing between the wheel and the crew crossing the sail forward of the forestay, especially when the breeze picks-up.. If you intend to use it again shortly after a douse you have to raise it on the same side you brought it down or else unclip / un-fasten the sheets or figure a way to get the right sheet around the forestay to act as clew with the tack sheet clear of everything, stuff like that. All that can be handled with the right skills. But for a place with shifty winds racing on short courses requiring multiple jibes it's a lot of work which it was supposed to minimize in the first place. All that said I'm not eliminating the possibility of a sprit appearing on my boat at some point in the future. But if I do, I will definitely spring for a furler to alleviate the jibing / handling issues related to the short courses I run and my typically limited crew. Eric Baumes (On the list) has a selden sprit kit / asym (No furler / experienced crew ) on his 34/36+ and really likes it / has had good racing success with it. I would contact him directly to get his point of view. Here's how Eric installed it on his boat: http://svheesoo.com/content/bowsprint-retro-fit-project -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA From: Charles Nelson via CnC-List To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Charles Nelson Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 11:05 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Selden sprit kit install So if one is club racing under PHRF with a racer-cruiser C&C 36 XL (non-planing for sure!), does adding a sprit and asymmetric kite improve its performance relative to a mast head symmetrical kite assuming no change in its PHRF rating? I gather from the list over the years that for round the buoy racing at least there is no appreciable gain in performance. I can appreciate that in distance races and perhaps triangle courses it may provide a speed advantage at some apparent wind angles but am not convinced that it provides an advantage for W-L courses. What say the list? Charlie Nelson Water Phantom C&C 36 XL/kcb
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