All great questions…………someone in NE PHRF once calculated that for every 100 lbs you have on the foredeck, you lose 3 seconds per mile. And he was the C&C 29 winner of all time for years…….now long gone, but I never forgot the calculation.
Ron From: nausetbe...@optonline.net <nausetbe...@optonline.net> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 3:15 PM To: 'Stus-List' <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: Sails Blast from the past… When did that start – early / mid 2000’s? Anybody have an update on Wally? Is Stella Blue still in Mexico? Last I recall was a “soap box derby” type of race somewhere in Baja on whatever people could create out of locally sourced flotsam… His website was a fabulous source of how to write ups / photos of various boat projects. Brian From: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com <mailto:capt...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, November 20, 2020 10:35 AM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List Re: Sails He was looking for the "foredeck cow". (Long time C&C email listers will understand.) -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 9:24 AM Don Kern <don-k...@cox.net <mailto:don-k...@cox.net> > wrote: Have received photos of the boat racing with suggestions on what I was doing wrong (worded as how to improve). The most notable was a photo with the caption: "what is this guy doing standing on the bow?"! Don Kern Fireball, C&C35 Mk2
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