Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-22 Thread Edward Levert via CnC-List
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:44:56 PM >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Cc: Michael Brown >> Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing >> >> Let me guess, easiest take down ever. >> >> Michael Brown >> Windburn >> C 30-1

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-22 Thread Andrew Burton via CnC-List
> > From: CnC-List on behalf of Michael Brown via > CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:44:56 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Michael Brown > Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing > > Let me guess, easiest take down ever. > > Michael

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2019-12-21 Thread Dave. via CnC-List
To me the biggest issue is the rules. You don’t have a game unless there are rules whether we’re play a board game, baseball, football, hockey or sailboat racing. There is no game unless we are all onboard with the rules. In most sports we have umpires or referees to keep everything on the

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-20 Thread David Risch via CnC-List
Of dwight veinot via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 7:23 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: dwight veinot Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing 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

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2019-12-19 Thread Rick Brass via CnC-List
spinnaker I’d just destroyed. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: "Della Barba, Joe" mailto:joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> " mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Sent: 12/19/2019 11:23 AM Subject:

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread David Risch via CnC-List
st.com Cc: Michael Brown Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing Let me guess, easiest take down ever. Michael Brown Windburn C 30-1 From: "Della Barba, Joe" To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Sent: 12/19/2019 11:23 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racin

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2019-12-19 Thread Michael Brown via CnC-List
Let me guess, easiest take down ever. Michael Brown Windburn C 30-1 From: "Della Barba, Joe" To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" Sent: 12/19/2019 11:23 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing During an informal race up the Chester with a C 40

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
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

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread dwight veinot via CnC-List
5 AM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* David Risch > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing > > > > Breakage…don’t forget the breakage - > > > > *David F. Risch* > > *(401) 419-4650* > > > > *From:* CnC-List *On B

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2019-12-19 Thread nausetbeach--- via CnC-List
: Thursday, December 19, 2019 3:22 PM To: CnClist Cc: Dennis C. Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing Yep. Probably more for show than increased performance. Mine is a 3-4 foot length of line with an eye on one end and a snap shackle on the other. Once the chute is set

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
Yep. Probably more for show than increased performance. Mine is a 3-4 foot length of line with an eye on one end and a snap shackle on the other. Once the chute is set, the headsail should be immediately pre-fed and fed ready for hoisting at the leeward mark. The eye of the defraculator is

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread John Conklin via CnC-List
Same here in Oriental. They call it a pursuit race with the varying start and no calamity as you reignited my spark from 29 + year ago and I was hooked immediately! Well truth be told I knew I wanted to race and big part of why I bought the C and in amazing condition for the price ! With full

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread Luke Wolbrink via CnC-List
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

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread Jeff Helsdingen via CnC-List
Pulls the top of the mast forward when going downwind with the kite up. Bit surprised it does anything with a sturdy mast like the one on a 35-1. Jeff On Thu., Dec. 19, 2019, 11:27 a.m. Randy Stafford via CnC-List, < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Hey Dennis - what’s a defraculator? :) > >

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2019-12-19 Thread Randy Stafford via CnC-List
Hey Dennis - what’s a defraculator? :) Cheers, Randy > On Dec 18, 2019, at 8:48 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List > wrote: > > Yes, spinnakers can nearly double your racing costs. Years ago, at the > height of Touche's racing program, we had 0.6, 0.75 and 1.5 oz chutes, two > part high tech

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List
via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:15 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: David Risch Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing Breakage…don’t forget the breakage - David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 From: CnC-List mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com>> On

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-19 Thread David Risch via CnC-List
Breakage…don’t forget the breakage - David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 From: CnC-List On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 10:48 PM To: CnClist Cc: Dennis C. Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing Yes, spinnakers can nearly double your racing costs

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2019-12-18 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List
Yes, spinnakers can nearly double your racing costs. Years ago, at the height of Touche's racing program, we had 0.6, 0.75 and 1.5 oz chutes, two part high tech Dyneema/StaSet spin sheets, Harken carbo-ratchet tweakers (twings), custom chute launch bags, double pole downhaul(goes down each side

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread John Conklin via CnC-List
I do the JAM fleet with Halcyon my C 37 and now just for regattas No way This rookie could rustle up enough crew to fly my spinnaker And very few boats doing that class. However I love spinnaker racing and my solution was for less than the price of a new spinnaker I partnered with an

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2019-12-18 Thread James Bibb via CnC-List
PM > To: Chuck S via CnC-List > Cc: James Bibb ; Thomas Delaney > Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing > > James here up in Alaska…. > > What’s the “JAM” component as a supplement for spinnaker? I fly an > asymmetrical if I’m short-handed…the dip pole is

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread Charlie Nelson via CnC-List
collective as...es to come in last among the best local racers.  That's my story and I am sticking to it!! Charlie NelsonWater PhantomC 36 XL/kcb -Original Message- From: Thomas Delaney via CnC-List To: cnc-list Cc: Thomas Delaney Sent: Wed, Dec 18, 2019 7:13 pm Subject: Stus-List JAM vs

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread Paul Baker via CnC-List
Jib And Main, aka white sails. From: CnC-List on behalf of James Bibb via CnC-List Sent: December 18, 2019 4:17:13 PM To: Chuck S via CnC-List Cc: James Bibb ; Thomas Delaney Subject: Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing James here up in Alaska…. What’s

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2019-12-18 Thread James Bibb via CnC-List
nts of CnC-List digest..." > Today's Topics: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: CHARLES SCHEAFFER <mailto:cscheaf...@comcast.net>> > To: "CNC boat owners, cnc-list" <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> > Cc: > Bcc:

Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread Thomas Delaney via CnC-List
oat owners, cnc-list" > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:41:34 -0500 (EST) > Subject: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing > JAM vs Spinnaker racing > Moving up to Spinnaker racing was always my goal. It's a way to learn > more about sailing and racing and the ult

Re: Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread Shawn Wright via CnC-List
I have really enjoyed seeing the range of boats on the course this season, and it's been educational to see how a well sailed but humble boat like a Newport 28 (C underbody, but doesn't look quick at all) can beat the usual runaway winner in our club, a CM1200. I'm told the carbon fibre mast on

Stus-List JAM vs Spinnaker Racing

2019-12-18 Thread CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List
JAM vs Spinnaker racing Moving up to Spinnaker racing was always my goal. It's a way to learn more about sailing and racing and the ultimate test of ones skills and a way to measure improvements. But it requires more hands, more crew and more crew skills, more money, more tactical/sailing