Curtis,
Build your racing program with crew first. Track your progress against other
boats and your position in fleet and class. Focus on developing a good crew
before spending money on big ticket go fast stuff.
Try to race on other boats, particularly the better racing boats. You will
learn a lot and will see what works and doesn't work as far as rigging,
layouts, crew work, etc.
We have a boat in our fleet that races every race. The skipper doesn't race on
other boats. This boat goes out to race with a level of knowledge and comes
back to the pier with the SAME level of knowledge. The boat and crew
perpetually finish mid-fleet.
Again, race on other boats. Watch. Learn. Read. Learn. Develop your crew.
Then spend $$$.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
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> From: Curtis <cpt.b...@gmail.com>
>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
>Sent: Thursday, January 2, 2014 9:39 AM
>Subject: Re: Stus-List 30MK1 Racing ability
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>Thanks for the advise.
>I don't yet have a crew. I have 7 sails that came with the boat. They are
>1) standard Main
>2) racing main
>3) %115 Working "reef-able" Jib
>4) % 135 Genoa
>5) %155
>6) %170
>The standard main seams to be stretched out a bit I cant seam to get it to
>flatten out?
>7 Asymmetrical or pole-less Drifter
>It came with a 3" spinnaker pole and a telescopic whisker pole.
>It does not have a cabin-house track for head sail trim? only track is way
>back next to the main winch?
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>On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Gary Nylander <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net>
>wrote:
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>>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...).
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>>Depending on the depth of your fleet and local
conditions you will have a great time.
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>>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.
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>>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.....
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>>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.
>>>
>>>
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and discipline, should really be running the world.” - Nicholas
Monsarrat
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