> On Jun 27, 2019, at 10:16 AM, Randy Stafford via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Listers, > > I’d like to conduct a little survey about racing, tapping into the broad > experience, geography, and boat diversity represented on this list. > > What prompted this is a discussion in my club about ratings, which expanded > into a discussion about courses, tactics, and relative performance. I’d like > to get perspective from the collective knowledge on this list, to add into > that discussion. > > So here are some fairly objective survey questions, for those of you who race > your boats: > > 1. Where do you race? New London, CT > 2. What wind conditions are the rule and exception there? 8-12 > 3. What kind of courses do you sail? W/L > 4. What sail plan do you fly Main and Genoa > 5. What model of boat are you racing? C&C 34+ > 6. What PHRF rating do you race with? (please list adjustments) 121 (non spinnaker, feathering prop, roller furling) > 7. What is your boat’s fastest point of sail? reach > 8. Is there leapfrogging in your races, or do boat-for-boat positions stay > fairly constant? fairly constant > 9. How many boats are you usually competing against? 3-6 > 10. In general, how well do you perform in racing results? Top 3 > > And now a few more subjective questions: > > 11. Do you think your boat’s rating assumes you’ll race it on a particular > kind of course with a particular sail plan? No > 12. How do you think your local rating authority determines the rating for > your boat? Base rating from historical plus adjustments. Nothing specific to the boat or crew > 13. What do you think are the most important factors in your performance > against your competition? Experience. We have gotten faster each year as we learn to make the boat go. The biggest jump was new laminated main and jib last year and a sailmaker who told me how to optimize sail trim. Getting a whisker pole also was a big jump in downwind performance. > 14. What do you think are the most important race tactics for beating your > competition? Good starts and then going to the correct side of the course. Bad start puts you in dirty air making it even harder to recover from the bad start. We start in a fairly narrow channel and wind and tide can be quite different in different places depending on wind direction. Also, getting the boat up to speed as quickly as possible instead of trying to pinch relative to the competition. > > Thank you very much in advance for your responses to this survey. > > Best Regards, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30-1 #7 > Ken Caryl, CO > _______________________________________________ > > 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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