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gbrspratt ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 26 Sep 11 Location: Felixstowe Online Status: Offline Posts: 170 |
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I was thinking more of one off annual events. Weekend regatta sort of thing?
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ChrisJ ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 07 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 337 |
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Burghfield has had an Asymmetric Series for 6 or 7 years every Sunday. Seems to work well. If the wind is suitable, we get windward / leeward. If the wind is across the lake, we go around the cans with the rest of the club: the changes bring out different skills and abilities across the classes.
Racing is mainly LDC boats: Vareo, 2000, 200, 400, 500, Vision. Typically 10-12 boats each week; sometimes up to 20, when every class is at home. |
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gbr940 ![]() Posting king ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 198 |
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the B14's maybe running some ad hoc racing over the winter on Southampton Water
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yellowwelly ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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well then you are lucky. I count my blessings to have class racing at all, but to have it in Mustos (where you learn so much more, and so much more quickly, by sailing with other Mustos) I can quite see why you would choose it as a way to spend time on the water.
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Neptune ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314 |
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I bought a Musto, I race/ sail every weekend against Muso's I love sailing assymetrics - well fast ones
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MartinG ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 18 Oct 12 Location: Oxford Online Status: Offline Posts: 15 |
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We run an asymmetric fleet at Oxford Sailing Club, nominally for boats with a PY of 1005 or lower, although it is open to slower boats. We usually have a turnout of 6-10 boats, with a couple of dozen different entrants in a typical series. We sail windward-leeward courses, handicapping is essential to cope with a fairly wide range of boat speeds.
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yellowwelly ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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I thought the same, but thought twice about posting it as I assumed no one would agree with me. You couldn't have said something MORE APPEALING for asymmetric racing if you'd tried. WANT to race other boats , REJECT racing a stopwatch ENJOY sailing assymetrics, DISLIKE racing assymetrics (currently) LOVE diversity, HATE spreadsheets
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Ruscoe ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 12 Jan 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1514 |
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I say scrap the PY's and race people boat on boat, but catagorise them. I would be happy to line up against RS400's 100's and alike in the D1. Same as a 700, Musto, B14 canoe should be. Every dog will have its day.
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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If you can get enough boats together, then PY bandings will work, roughly, but you do need enough boats in each banding to make good racing, of course.
It does appear that the events which reach critical mass pretty much include everyone, and once you put limitations on it (such as a boat needing an assy kite) then numbers drop rapidly. I'm pretty sure a 505 and a 49er will get a more meaningful race than a Feva and a 49er, bowsprit or no. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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yellowwelly ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 May 13 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2003 |
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Some of the more popular SJ events seem to run slow, medium and fast type of fleets don't they?
I'd go with that personally.... A fleet: MPS/700/AC/49er/B14/800/Cherub '05 (Boss & L5k if there are any in working order still) B Fleet: Cherub 97 / L4k / RS500 / RS400 / D-One / RS100 10.2 C fleet: RS100 8.4 / RS200 / L2K / Vareo / FEVA |
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