Boat Performance Index

Dan .. Very happy to send you or anyone else a copy of the spreadsheet you originally sent me !!   ... So what exactly has been changed in your later versions ?   I'd really like to know what changes to relative weightings are involved out of interest.

Jeremy C -  I  struggle to comprehend your apparently held view that a few of us are somehow out to cheat you out of the odd series coffee mug or whatever !  You have chosen to make personal accusations in public - pity.   You should have checked the facts with me first possibly.  Whenever development and non-standard boat or rig configurations are being tried I NEVER complete a race or if I do RTD as a matter of reasoned principle.  Development of rigs is something I do know a little about by now and racing against known quantities is critical to the process required imo.  I obviously cannot do this at 'away' or major events so do this work as/when needed at Burghfield.    It is part of what I do for a living to an increasing extent now.  Blimey we get 'shot at' whatever we do.... you'd very quickly accuse us/me of taking 'unfair advantage' if I/we use non-standard development sails 'against you', quietly signed on and off, collected the series points etc etc and now when we very clearly do not you are throwing personal accusations around ... again !  BSC know I do rig and boat testing occasionally on the lake, I am very open about the fact and make sure series results are not affected.   You really should already know all this already.  However I'm always up for a bit of a challenge (and a bit of fun !) - I'll bring along a brand spanking new PRODUCTION Halo sail this Sunday to Burghfield, put in on a totally bog-standard hull for the first time and give you something to aim for (or should that be 'at' ?).  Might even buy you a beer if you want to join us old Blaze gits (and the not so old ones) in the bar afterwards !

Mike L.


Edited by blaze720 - 19 Mar 15 at 11:59pm

PY/Performance is always subjective. Different boats perform differently on different stretches or water and in different conditions.

Have you sailed a Halo?

Originally posted by Woodburner So let's apply some logic here, it is a single hander without a kite, now being claimed to be as fast as a modern 3 sail boat which is equally overpowered, the RS500. Now, no doubt in some closeted little world down amongst the puddle shires, it'll match that or even best the occasional badly sailed merlin, but here in middle earth by sea, even a retard and a half competent crew will hoist their kite and carve it a new transom. And I'd love to see the look on the face of even the most competent Haloist as that hull punches into the back of a wave, stops dead and all the power stays locked in...

The system is reflective of the clubs who bother to put returns in.....