Francois, Thanks for a very thorough response. I learn from your observations, always. We need to get together for a double handed race n the Chesapeake.
Jim, younger crew are harder and harder to find. My all-time best crew of 2012 went to college and graduated and one is a sales rep for Doyle Sails in Florida, another works in NYC in IT, and another is an officer with NOAA stationed in Hawaii. My own son is doing IT in a startup in Las Vegas. I live and work in NJ and I'm 63 and race solo on a C&C 34R out of Magothy River without crew, no arguments, no worries, I love the experiences without any negatives. I haven't won anything but I'm having fun doing the distance races to Baltimore or Annapolis out and back. You should consider sailing solo or even two handed. Join CHESSS at www.chbaysss.org Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Broad Creek, Magothy River, Md > On February 7, 2018 at 5:00 PM Francois Rivard via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I sail a 34+, not a 29 but here's what I was told by my sail maker who > was the guy beat in the phrf cruiser class for many years on the lake. > > For what it's worth: > > For racing in light wind conditions (10 and under) , especially beer can > racing the 150 - 155 gennies are gold, you get great power accelerating the > boat away from the cans. > > That has certainly been our experience. Our 150 was literally a game > changer on Wednesday nights, worth far more than the phrf adjustment. The > added straight line talent more than offsets the reduced pointing and added > time for tacks. > > Easy way to see when to change / or pick another sail to start with? If > you see white caps -> use the 135. > > > If not racing / just cruising around we use the 135 unless it's really > light like 5-6 knots or less. We use it because we have it.. If I was not > racing I could definitely get by on the 135 only. > > my 2 cents. > > Best regards, > > Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, GA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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