I've had Penniless for nearly 20 years and agree with what others have said. We had J-24's in the fleet and in light air they clobbered us. Then we moved them to the 'fast' fleet. But..... I have a shelf full of trophies that indicates that the 30-1 is OK. The ex-Admiral (and still boat partner) has an overall trophy from the 2010 B fleet (handicaps over 150 and no J-24's) which indicates with new sails and a clean bottom and a good crew (all of which she had), it is competitive. I won our Jib and Main series in 2013 and was second in a small Frostbite series, but the Thunderbird didn't come out for all the races (another good light air boat which we owe half a minute a mile to...).
Depending on the depth of your fleet and local conditions you will have a great time. If your club includes sport boats and the like, then you may get frustrated - this past year the J-80 I was on and one other J-80 clobbered our small Saturday fleet - there were a few races where we were the only boats which finished within the time limit... but they didn't come out for JAM and Frostbite and I did well on Penniless. You have to realize that the 'new' boats for the most part have very different ratings that the 30. We are at 174 on the Chesapeake, the J-80 is 120, the Viper is 111, so they have to do really well to prevail. If you get to planing conditions (which are also good for the 30) they can take off and leave you in the dust, but in the 10 to 14 area you can go nearly as fast as they do. In under 5 knots they ghost along and leave you. And, you have a large spinnaker - downwind, they have to go nearly twice as far to keep up with you. If it is choppy, then you will do well, as they get stopped by the waves..... Give it a go - if you are new at racing, your learning curve will be the main problem to overcome, not the boat. And.... clean (smooth) bottom, good sails, and a good crew - can't emphasize that enough. Gary St. Michaels MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Curtis To: CnC-List@cnc-list.com Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 7:27 AM Subject: Stus-List 30MK1 Racing ability Does the C&C30MK1 have the abilities to be a competitive club racer given all the new boats joining the field? What can be done to make it be more competitive? anybody want to share? The boat is new to me "well" a couple of years now but I think I would like to race a little but don't want to race a boat that cant win. Thanks for your help. Any advise would be great. -- “Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.” - Nicholas Monsarrat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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