Projection 762 Help please?

Sorry for endless questions - do CAT4 navigation lights include a 'steaming light' or are bow and stern lights sufficient?

 

IMHO it is a shame that sssn and stix are such a crude tool for race organisers to lean on.(hide behind?) So called stability criteria (and to some extent IRC) have slowed the rate of development of small to medium sized yacht over the years. The P762 is not such a radical boat as say aTP52 but gets hammered to death in comparison.

SSN and STIX seem to take no account of the fact that in heavy weather racing crews reef their craft to suit the conditions to maintain best performance.

 As has been said before (ad nauseum) vested intrests and conservative attitudes in the higher echelons of yachting will always dominate how thing develop in the mainstream....After all, apart from the few of us (elightened ones?) who wants to see a £15K investment keep winning races over those who have invested 10 times that in their heavy & slow (but safe?) boats...

The RYA Sportsboat rule is fine and dandy if there is a sensible sized local fleet of sportsboats for race organisers to lay on races for but useless away from major centres...

What is perhaps needed is a relaxing of the inshore/sheltered water regatta rules on SSN and STIX for an experimental period.....and /or maybe a better definitions of what are inshore / shelted waters?

 

Running water is actually very simple - a collapsable water tank with a
manual all in one tap/pump. Just don't put anything in it.

If anybody gets a projection to Cat 3 I'll be amazed. Since the SSSN
adjustment was dropped and it's base only we have to find 3 more points
somewhere. Short of massively reduced sail area or a new keel I can't see it
happening!

Hi Chic

The Cat 4 monohuls document is
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It says they need to be shown at the appropriate times but I'm not sure
you'd pass an inspection if they weren't mounted. I did an event a bit back
that was Cat 4 minus nav lights which makes me think they would need to
be mounted. Very simple job though and not expensive!

Hi Chic

Cat 4 not a problem - a fitted bucket is all you need to comply. This can be one of the buckets required in the safety regs with a fixing point on it - a couple of bungee loops you slide it into will suffice if they hold it there.