I have to chime in here in response... I have a 155% and a Lake Michigan PHRF certificate, and I was rated at "base". LMPHRF assumes a 155%, see document at link:
http://www.lmphrf.org/Rules_Regulations/Regulations_and_Rule.pdf I also have a "two sail" setup with a #1 of 155% and a #3 of 95%; I rarely miss the #2. Bob Wooden Message: 6 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:38:28 -0500 From: Walt Dickie <wa...@crresearch.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List New sail purchase Message-ID: <0451E38BF87BF74E9FC850EC40ACF81C090F255B70@AUSP01VMBX09.collaborationhost.n et> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" If you sail and are going to race on Lake Michigan -- at least down near Chicago, which is where we are -- you have to deal with big winds in the Spring and Fall with the doldrums in between. We now sail a C&C 110, but used to own a C&C 32, on which we carried a furling 150 to span the wind range. The last year I owned the boat I tracked how much sail I had out and discovered that I was sailing with either something like a 100-110% genoa or the full 150%. I spent very little time sailing with anything in between and never went out when I would need a real #3. When it came time to buy sails for the new boat we went with two sizes, a 110 and a 150, and we shift from one to the other as the season changes. We have to switch headsails a bit, especially during the transition periods, but most of the time the sail we have up is the sail we want. I have two friends with 135s and find that they complain a lot more than I do about going sailing with the wrong headsails. LMPHRF will ding you for anything over 150, but I know owners who carry 155s and take the penalty to get the benefit when they're becalmed in mid-summer. _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
