>> What is the maximum wind speed for a 1/2 oz chute? << It depends...
I was part of a Transpac charter back in 1985. We chartered a 52' custom light displacement fairly new boat. Our race motto was "Drive it like its rented". The 85 Transpac was a lighter air year and we used the boat's ½ oz chute a lot. As the day heated up and the trade winds built the light disp. Boat would respond by accelerating and sailing fast enough to keep the apparent wind at the top of ½ oz sails range. At some point each day we would decide it was time to change up and go directly to a 1.5 oz, each time amazed the ½ oz did not show that much stress from 20 TWS. 9 days into the race we crossed Merlin (70' ULDB) and we finished first in class B with only 6 or 7 class A boats in front of us. So.. a light sail like a ½ or .6 can be effective and survive at higher TWS on a light displacement boat where a heavy displacement boat like Calypso (24,000lbs) would ruin it quickly with its resistance to acceleration. On boats similar to C&C 43's and 39's I would change up to a 3/4 oz between 8 and 10 knots TWS. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List final spinnaker questions 2 questions: What is the maximum wind speed for a 1/2 oz chute? What is the ideal apparent wind angle on a downwind leg to get to the leeward mark on a 35/3? 140 degrees 150 degrees 160 degrees? Assuming about a 10 knot wind and calm seas. Joel 35/3 The Office Annapolis Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
