Projection 762 Help please?

Burnham Week 2007. picture by Emma Cockerill
Proper Job will definately be there again next year, now whose up for dabchicks this weekend? 

Edited by slop_idol

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Oli Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1020	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oli Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Projection 762 Help please? Posted: 03 Sep 07 at 2:17pm
	Burnham Week 2007. picture by Emma Cockerill Proper Job will definately be there again next year, now whose up for dabchicks this weekend? Edited by slop_idol
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chic Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 20 Dec 06 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Post Options Post Reply Quote chic Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Sep 07 at 10:34am
	On the Forth we don't have any option but to race under PY... They have a formula for conversion from IRC but at best it's a compromise. That works from Hobbes' IRC (taken from 2005) rating of .977 to give a PY of 875, though curiously we have been given a rating of 873 based on some data they have from earlier racing. Practically speaking we've found it virtually impossible to sail to this handicap except when it is blowing old boots, and in 'normal' sailing conditions (pre-planing) we usually achieve somewhere nearer 890-900 mark, sometimes even worse. However PEYC and the Forth Yacht Club Association should now have sufficient data to realise that our handicap isn't a fair reflection of the boat's capabilities, or ours for that matter; but after more than 1000 miles of racing (mostly round the cans) I feel that we're reasonably competent now. Hopefully we'll have a fairer handicap for next year. If I can find it I'll look out their conversion formula and send it to you, but you might be better to look at data from racing at PEYC where we've had a whole season's sailing...

detente Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote detente Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 07 at 6:35pm
	Dont bother have raced under local PY utterly hammered.. PY only rates the crew not the boat.. DONT BOTHER!!!!

Oli Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1020	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oli Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Sep 07 at 12:36pm
	Has anyone raced a 762 on PY yardstick? Any recorded numbers? Does IRC read across to PY in way?
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Oli Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1020	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oli Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Aug 07 at 2:02pm
	You can download copies of the Sailing Instructions & their Appendices as well as Course Cards by going to http://burnhamweek.org.uk/fleets.php . You will find links to these files at the top of the page on the right hand side. Tim, we will be sailing PJ round on friday now as wednesday was blown off!! 35knots through the swin and low water, not my idea of fun!? We're leaving Mersea at about 11-12 ish aiming for 3.5hrs to 4 hrs to get round up to priors. poss meet up half way round?? Edited by slop_idol
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peter7623 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 27 Nov 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote peter7623 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 07 at 5:11pm
	No, we use the standard ones. Not ideal for a quick adjustement, say on a white sail reach, but it does keep the number of strings low.
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TimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 18 Oct 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 153	Post Options Post Reply Quote TimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Aug 07 at 2:50pm
	Such a good picture, what speed were you doing? I've been getting annoyed with the clip adjusted fairleads on Upstart. Has anybody got string adjustable ones or, even better, modified the standard tracks to be string adjustable?
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detente Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 04 Mar 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Post Options Post Reply Quote detente Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 07 at 4:39pm
	Should have been there it was great....

peterknight3 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 03 Jun 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote peterknight3 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 07 at 5:04pm
	Yes it was alot of fun, Pink Gin went on to win the fast IRC fleet at Falmouth Week overall for the week. A bit intimidating on the start line with J 120, elan 40 lots of J109 X332 etc, but worth it down wind. Between Pink Gin and Big Purple projections won 4 out of the 6 races in the week, two of these in 10- 12 knots as well as the 25 k on the day of the photo.
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Oli Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 23 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1020	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oli Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16 Aug 07 at 9:01am
	http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/photos/?s=64&PID=23158 looks like fun!
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