Agreed. We took a six second hit for the masthead chute. We sail mostly in light air, so are careful - the last few feet of the mast are only supported by the back stay, as the shrouds come out of the mast at the same level as the fractional chute and forestay.
We, as I said earlier, only fly the masthead in lighter conditions, opting for the fractional in more robust wind. Needless to say, we don't do any power reaching.... We 'think' that overall, the six seconds is worth it because of our lighter conditions - it is really cool to pass the other 24's on a downwind run - and hope you make up enough distance to overcome the handicap. We are going to use the 24 in a different venue this year, after a two year re-fit (leaks and some spongy deck) where they have a little more wind - it will be interesting to see how that works out - I'm driving and am a coward, so we may be more conservative about which chute to put in the bag.... Gary I still have the C&C 30 for Jib and Main sailing (and the ex-admirals mid week romps). ----- Original Message ----- From: Hoyt, Mike To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:32 AM Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake That would be an adjustment and the handicap would take a hit for it ... unless it was one of the newer boats like Farr 30 or similar that has masthead chute and fractional rig as a standard design. One note - changing a fractional boat to fly a masthead chute puts other than designed for forces on the mast and rigging. Some vessels are not adequate to this change... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bob Moriarty Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 6:42 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List PHRF Chesapeake I have very little experience with spinnakers. How does one fly a spinnaker from the masthead of a fractionally rigged boat? Might there be a block on a crane? I would think there would only be a main halyard at the top of the mast. Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Gary Nylander <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: ... or a masthead chute where the stock boat has a fractional ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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