The only headsail adjustment my RSA makes is +3 for >155%. My #1 genoa is 165%, but I don’t race with it for several reasons (don’t want the adjustment, can’t point, it’s heavier than my 150% drifter, etc.).
Given the typical (light) wind conditions on my lake, I usually leave the marina with my 150% drifter rigged. I lose a couple degrees of pointing ability against my competition with that sail, but it’s the best size and weight for the typical wind. If it’s blowing enough when we’re prepping the boat, which is atypical, I’ll rig my #2 genoa (also 150% and heavier material). But we’ve had a crazy gusty season. Twice this year the wind has jumped instantly from ~10 to 30+ a few minutes into the race, and I’ve torn my drifter on both occasions. When that’s happened my crew has swapped my #3 genoa (heavyweight 130%) for the torn drifter in real time. When that happened a few weeks ago, we made 6.7 knots under main alone while swapping! More craziness: last week week shortly after the race ended, the wind gusted up to 48mph. Fortunately we anticipated it, dropped the drifter, donned PFDs, and started heading to the marina. But we had to sail into the wind shadow of the dam to drop the main safely. Anyway, back to headsails, my sail inventory includes a jib, but I never fly it because I don’t have tracks forward and inboard enough to sheet it correctly for good pointing. And if it’s windy enough for my 30-1 to need a jib, I probably shouldn’t be on the water :) A bit of rambling, but that’s my $0.02 on headsails for racing my 30-1 on Chatfield Reservoir. Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30-1 #7 Ken Caryl, CO > On Aug 3, 2018, at 8:16 AM, Dennis C. via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Rating adjustments for headsails are usually defined in a PHRF region's > bylaws or equivalent. Here's the adjustments for the Gulf Yachting > Association. > > 171-180 -6 > 156-170 -3 > 136-155 0 > 111-135 +3 > <110 +6 > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 8:58 AM, David via CnC-List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Interesting...our PHRF fleet does not allow for an allowance below a 135. > Which is pretty silly considering the dominant Smokin' SW breeze here we do > not need anything more than a 110-120. And raising the main is an option. > > > David F. Risch, J. D. > > Gulf Stream Associates, LLC > > (401) 419-4650 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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