Why i said practice as a crew first. That kite is really powerful sometimes. Pays to have your crew know how. OTOH i have used my tri radial kite with only 1 inexperienced crew on the wheel. Great until the apparent wind angle changed. We lived and Alianna survived too
On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 12:40 PM Luke Wolbrink via CnC-List < [email protected]> 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 > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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