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AlexM 
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by the way everyone is talking the big rig is actually going to be for the bigger people :-)
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Rupert
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Posted: 26 Feb 10 at 6:36pm |
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It is quite common to hear people saying they will hang onto big rags up wind to have the sail area down wind in a unarigged singlehander. In the RS100, you have plenty of sail downwind anyway, so I can see the small sail being faster round the course in any weather where the big sail is spilling wind.
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I luv Wight
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Posted: 26 Feb 10 at 6:25pm |
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The proposed PYs are fairly close, and it appears that the small sails will be faster in more breeze, so why bother with the 30seconds per hour difference?
In a OD race there wil be several minutes difference between 1st and say 5th, even in a strict OD class. |
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laser193713
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Posted: 26 Feb 10 at 5:35pm |
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Perhaps a photo of the sails laying on top of each other just to compare the sizes... and a few pics of the cockpit and some slightly less zoomed in phots of the control line systems, it all looked a bit confusing on the photos I had seen before! Bascally a lot of photos of rope! But photos that show where it all goes not just it passing through a fairlead with no idea where it ends up! Oh and have a good sail while im sat sailing uni firefly's at a team racing event Edited by laser193713 |
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asterix
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OK mate - I agree with that ! Have a good weekend:-) Edited by asterix |
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ChrisC
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Posted: 26 Feb 10 at 5:13pm |
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But it might also mean you are an inexperienced, clumsy, toy boat sailor ! Probably not though ! |
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Not now Kato (you fewl) !
RS100 421 (8.4) Ex - Vortex Assymetric 1090 and 1208 Ex - 49er NZL142 (crew) |
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laser193713
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I'm hoping being young, tall and a laser sailor should make me fairly quick upwind, I dont think I need a lot more than 8m of sail upwind really, you start hiking at about 10 knots in a laser and its hardly worth sailing in less than that much wind in my opinion! I dont think the sail area should make a lot of difference, the bigger rigs will have more drag once the smaller rigs are powered up and at the end of the day going the right way up the beat is probably more important than anything. They say that 80% of the race is in the start too, so only time will tell I guess! Perhaps if we add a box on the entry forms at the nationals for height and weight then someone somewhere could put together a table of the top ten from each rig to see what the real weight range is? That would be the best way to work it out I think... |
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haroosh
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Posted: 26 Feb 10 at 4:00pm |
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In my case the big rig was never an option. We will just have to work hard keeping with the bigger guys upwind then hopefully make up the places downhill! Thats my hope anyway. Its going to be really interesting to see how wide the competitive weight range is over varied conditions. Just might need to wear a few more jumpers when its honking..... Cheers, Keith. |
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laser193713
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phew, glad im not the lightest. Thinking about it there is only 9 points difference between the boats which is something like 36 seconds an hour, or about 30 seconds to a race, thats not a lot is it! I think I am going to be quite happy with the small rig to be honest, and then use those 9 points to my advantage in handicap racing provided I sail the same speed with both rigs it can only be a good thing can't it?
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haroosh
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Dont worry I'm l;ight than you at just below 70kg but I still like beeeeer. 8.4m sail only for sure. Cheers, Keith.
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