Projection 762 Help please?

For mainsail area we have gone for max non penalty roach ie to full 3/4 + 7/8 measurements before rorc penalise the area. The foot is as max as the standard boom length allows. The P measurement we are slightly increasing as there is room in the mast to allow for it and adding a backstay batten to the crane. The tack of the main we have ground off the standard z spars tack point and shackle direct to the gooseneck (stronger and more non penalty area.

Genoa we reckon anything bigger than 145% just back winds the main too quickly. 140% is a good overlap if you are looking to reduce the rating without stalling the performance in light airs. We hold onto the number 1 depending on the course + sea state until around 20knots before changing down to no3...

The kite area sizes we have tried are 41mtr sq too small in the light stuff. 46 mtr sq very good all round size and 50 great especially when blowing. We dont bother with A sails at the moment as we mainly race short course around the cans, but maybe watch this space. Any kite bigger than 50 mtr sq is penalised on rating and we believe the performance gain is not worth the rating hit.

I need some advice from you IRC racers...

We 're hoping to do the Scottish series this coming season.

• Do we enter under sportsboat rule or under IRC?
• I'm planning to order sails from Hyde - and how does the above affect sail choice?

There seems to be a concensus that big headsails incur a penalty and that spinnaker size is relatively 'cheap', but how about mainsails? Should I be going for a main short in the foot but with a bigger roach??

Maybe I should be putting this up for general discussion, but I'd like to ask other P762 owners first.

Hi All

We had a cracking sail on saturday on Pink fizz, It was not too windy gusting around 20 -25 knots but steady at around 15. The race was one of our frostbite races... Being a pursuit we had to give about a 2 day head start to a contessa 26... however having the full five crew we opted for full sail area due to it being a pre set course the wind involved lots of reaching and fetching. Due to this we opted to choke the kite halyard back to standard hoist and use the small 40 sqmtr kite. As our owner always likes calling for kite hoists it was up for a high percentage of the race and on some fairly tight reaches had 16 knts shouting from the tacktick. The conditions go up and we were a little overpowered around 20knt true with the number 1 up. At what point to people change down head sail size???.... Still we battled on with the final beat home being a windy one, just after finishing the backstay parted company from the crane just as we were sailing back to the mooring...!!! Time for a new backstay me thinks with only a couple more races left this year.

Sods law eh?

Out on sunday - close to 40 knots (within an hour of very light infuriating airs).  Caught in squall just as we finished.  The outboard wasnt up to it so we put headsail up and were fine.  Very narrow lock entrance at liverpool and with a 5knot tide was interesting.

Boat was fine though.  We run a 4hp outboard due to tides here and are normally ok.  With the headsail up we had no problems.  See what you mean about the wetness though!

No hollywood speeds.  We seem to get about 6.4 uphill and I've only had 10 downhill, but not had her out in a decent breeze - Sunday was horrible 110 degree shifts and gusting.

Hi Andy,

i havent done too many offshore miles in PROPER JOB yet but doing delivery trips 2 up in 20+knts on the east coast is fun, especially downhill!  all the time the 762 behaved itself.  Been out in 2+ metre seas and 40knts with full crew, hairy but again well mannered.  just expect to get wet.

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