Projection 762 Help please?

D'etente - not quite sure if I agree with the logic about buying the latest ones if they are indeed lighter.  I think a heavier boat with a rating of .954 would be hugely more competitive under IRC than a lighter one with a rating of .970.

Would be really good for FWord to scan his certificate as .954 looks an amazing result even if the boat is 150kg heavier than usual. 

Anyone making a 70kg bulb?

easiest option for any light 762 to gain weight in the right place would probably be to swap to a 1720 keel, they weigh 80kg more than the 762.

chic any and all info would be welcome

Sorry thats all jumbled!

On a diffrent "tack"!.  WHy is the 762's SSS rating of 12 so low?  Does anyone know if the STIX rating is the same scale etc and would be the same number.  I am looking at the cat 3 regs and boat complies with pretty much all, (you get allowances at 25ft for a bucket and bottled water etc).  We have fixed DSC VHF, fire ex x 2, flares, rails comply, nav lights, charging from engine, stove  etc.

We also have a large bouyancy tank in the bow, do all 762's have these?

What do other boats do for emergency rudder,  Mine has what appears to be a rollock fitting in the stern.  Can you put a paddle over the back??  Or do you put the outboard on? 

I plan to do a few coastal races in summer.  Also thinking (if forecast is good) liverpool to Isle of Mann race (70 miles).  And may do delivery from holyhead to dublin (50 miles).  All offshore in company with other boats.

Any thoughts?

Good race on Sunday, very flukey.  Prima 38 (1.081 rating) retired after 1 hr (we were next to them!), J122 (1.089) finished just in front of us on the water, 1200secs behind on corrected and beny 34.7 (1.004) finished 9 mins behind on water.  600k's worth of carbon rigged big boats thrashed by something 5% of their value!

f word to get to your current rating you had her weighed and fully measured, that makes sense as your bo, so, and lwp are hugely different to proper jobs.

one thing i still dont get is the dlr, if this is purely displacement to length ratio then why is it the numbers dont match up, anyone know the answer to this, is their a secret element in this number?  take f words numbers 143kg/m * 7.61m = 1088kg, where is should be 1455kg / 7.61 = 191kg/m

this explains about stix and sssn, corrolation on page 3.  to get a stix number you would need an incline test with the appropriate measurer,  stix was designed for use out side uk waters where national bodies dont accept the non iso sssn.

http://www.ircrating.org/images/stories/pdf/stixpaper.pdf

F word nearly all 762`s have the bow tank. Some built without.

The rowlock on transom on your 762 was installed as an alternative means of propulsion via sculling!!!!