Difficulties in finding enough crew to fly my masthead kite (~7-8) have me thinking of adding a sprit with asym kite to make it possible to be competitive in the spin fleet with less crew (~ 4-6). I only had 6 for our last race and the wind was 10-15 so we decided to forego the kite and took a 1st, 2nd and 3rd (only 3 boats competed). This weekend I am down to only 4 so probably won't compete, giving up a solid 2nd with a poss 1st if my crew were not in the BVI, etc. My thoughts are solely to have the option to use the asym if I don't have enough crew to do the symm Masthead kite so I would likely keep the asym size such that my rating is not changed. Thoughts on this plan from the list would be appreciated. I do realize that this is a complicated issue and I may have to get some expert advice on sprit length, asym sail size/shape not to mention figuring out how to fly it but I am starting with the collective list wisdom. Thanks, Charlie Nelson 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb (Rob Ball design) Water Phantom
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