not me, but some guys we used to race against when I owned the red boat. We were an O/B dinette interior and they were (are still, actually) an I/B standard interior.
Before they did the compu-keel job, we were a bit faster...after they did the job (minus +/- 200 pounds lead) we were dead even. We used to tune up with these guys and both boats were so evenly matched, after the keel-job, it was astounding...I mean 10 minutes on the same board with no discernable increase or decrease over one another. Pretty much the same in terms of the conditions of our sails...ours might have been a little newer and I had a mylar genoa, they had only white sails, fairly new, but no where near brand new. So, did it help their boat? Hugely. They did a terrific job fairing it out...these were not pros, but very able DIY'ers. I was a hard job...I think they used a 4.5 inch grinder and like a 32 pad....they'd grind a little, fit the template, grind some more, template, etc...they had to fill-in some fairly large areas, too. But it was definitely worth it. ChrisD might want to chime in on what the keel-job would do as far as affecting the boat for OD racing.... I would DEFINITELY do it if I had a C27, unless it would ruin any OD chances (which is a consideration on the Chesapeake, perhaps less so elsewhere). happy grinding! --tf > Hi, All, > > I have an '84 C-27 that I race under PHRF. I recently purchased a template > layout from Computer Keels Company which included two possible keel > shapes, one being the Catalina standard pattern, and the other being this > company's improved pattern. I have made up a template for the improved > pattern, but I thought I'd ask if anyone had any experience with patterns > from this company. > > Regards, > Art Herrick > #5468 > Sea Change >
