Good job Orren! Light air is our advantage - I was asked once if I was motoring when passing by a bigger guy.... Since you say that your boat points well: can you tell what is your tacking angle in relatively flat water in about 10knts of true wind? (no pinching)
Kind regards Marek Fluder C&C24 "Emilie" Hamilton Harbour, Ontario On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:33 AM, ok <orrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > I've been sailing my new 1978 C&C 24 in Mobile Bay, Beer Can races each > week since this season started. So far I've been doing a lot better than > my previous boat, usually placing around 4th-8th. This weekend we had our > big regatta, the Dauphin Island Race. I did fairly well placing 2nd in my > class and 3rd in fleet. A light air run on the start got me ahead of the > big pack into clean air, which quickly flipped 180 degrees into a close > reach all the way to the finish. Passed a lot of big and fast boats. My > C&C 24 points so well! Pretty happy with my little boat right now. > > Link to results here: > http://55thdauphinislandrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_DI_PortsNonSpinResults.pdf > > My boat is class F, East Wind > > Thanks for the racing tips I got earlier from this list! > Orren > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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