Randy, I added a Selden sprit to a dock neighbor's Peterson 37. In our region, he was able to add a certain length without penalty. We marked the maximum allowed extension. Your PHRF authority may be different. The racing success of the boat didn't change substantially.
Have you strenuously analyzed the adjustments in your PHRF bylaws for any relief, cheats, hacks, etc.? If you change to a furling headsail, will you get a credit? I carry a +6 second roller furler credit on Touche'. Personally, I don't think it's worth the decrease in sail area. I had to cut my racing headsail down to fit the furler. C&C's are primarily headsail driven. You'd be decreasing your main engine. On the other hand, on a long downwind distance race carrying a chute, the 6 seconds comes in handy. Your races are too short to benefit from that. If you decide to go asym, I think a sock is the way to go if you have enough crew to manage it. Can you add a plate or fitting onto the front of your bow chain plate for the tack point? Dennis C. On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:23 AM Randy Stafford via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Listers- > > A guy in my yacht club has started an arms race by adding an asym with a > top-down furler to his Ranger 28. Wednesday night in light air I beat him > to the windward mark by a minute or two, then he hoisted his asym and > dropped me like a bad habit. He beat me by five minutes corrected time in > a one-hour race despite spotting me 12 sec/mile with his new adjusted > rating (demonstrating yet again that ratings don’t necessarily account for > performance differences). It was an eye-opening demonstration. > > So now I’m thinking I need an asym to compete. I know a guy who flew one > on a 30 MK I. He welded a bracket forward of the stem, to fasten a tack > line block, and had a sock instead of a furler. If I want to compete with > this Ranger 28, I’ll have to add two furlers (one on the forestay and one > for the asym) to be able to set sails as fast as him. So I can’t just > shackle an asym tack line block to the spare headsail shackle on the stem, > and hoist/douse the asym using a sock. I need a tack point forward of the > stem to accommodate a furler. > > Thus my question to you listers: any experience with adding a bowsprit or > bracket etc. to your C&C for tacking down an asymmetrical spinnaker? I did > some reading last night on after-market bowsprits (e.g. Selden), but of > course wanted to check with the collective wisdom on Stu’s list. Any > advice or recommendations? > > Thanks, > Randy Stafford > S/V Grenadine > C&C 30 MK I #79 > 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 > > -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA
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