Same here in Oriental. They call it a pursuit race with the varying start and no calamity as you reignited my spark from 29 + year ago and I was hooked immediately! Well truth be told I knew I wanted to race and big part of why I bought the C&C and in amazing condition for the price ! With full spin gear, 2015 sails new canvas ... oh and used 2-3 times a year ! Lol
John Conklin S/V Halcyon > On Dec 19, 2019, at 11:40 AM, Luke Wolbrink via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Making the plunge from JAM to Spin doesn't need to be terrifying or expensive > (unless you want it to.) You can find a used chute for a couple hundred bucks > online and as others mentioned a few blocks and line and you're going. Once > you've learned to tame the pole and kite then go and spend the money on those > fancy black sails and a new properly cut colorful one... or dont. Iv'e found > that we loose more often not becasue we have older sails but because we blow > a tack or spinnaker douse. All of the money in the world won't make up the 2 > minutes you spend trying to get that hourglass out of the kite. > > That said, Chicago has a pretty robust racing scene on weekends with 5 major > clubs working together to provide lots of events and variety. In order to > help develop those white sail JAM guys and get them out on weekends where > things are more competitive we started what is referred to as our Casual > series of races. The idea is to remove as many of the barriers as possible; > it's like a drug once you've gotten a taste you're hooked. Basically the RC > assigns a phrf rating to boats without a certificate and then the start is a > 15 minute rolling start. That way folks that are intimidated by jockeying > around can hang back and not be penalized. The course are usually around 8-10 > miles long so plenty of time to make maneuvers etc. We've typically seen > 10-20 boats out on a given saturday and after a few seasons we're starting to > see some of them come out into the racing fleet. > > Cheers, > Luke > 1985 35-3 Zella > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
