The Real D-One Thread

Tim's report on yesterday at Bracciano.  Pictures to follow.  He's got to get good for Torbole, his next sortie in Italy 

Day 2 and a stark contrast to day 1 with a very light wind blowing in patches across the lake.
We waited for the sea breeze to fill in and patience was rewarded when a 12 knot breeze came in from the coastline not far away.
1st race got underway and the first mark saw the top 10 boats so closely packed it was anyone's race.
After the downwind blast it was Andrea Magni leading followed by Alessandro Novi , and Agustin Zabalua.
Ferrari was in 5th place and Garvin in 6th with Andrea Gancia chasing hard.
In the last beat all places changed with Ferrari moving up to 2nd place Novi 3rd, Zabalua 4th and Guido Falciola 5th.
It was a fight to the finish with Garvin placed 7th overall, one boatlength behind Gancia which put him ahead in the regatta by one point.
After race 1 a huge storm cloud appeared between the valley and as the lightning cracked louder and louder it was decided that it would be safer to go ashore, so the lsat race was canned.
This made the final results.
1st Alberto Ferrari - 4 points
2nd Tim Garvin - 11 points
3rd Andrea Gancia -12 points
4th Andrea Magni - 13 points
5th Alessandro Novi - 19 points

The sailing club put on the most fantastic food, catering was all included in the entry fee. The sunny weather and the view over the lake was beautiful and made a great event for the D-Ones who will no doubt be back next year.

I guess you could call it a retrofit.

I think its mainly to give extra leverage needed in 25knots upwards in "too deep" a downwind angle with no kite up situation.

But the boat doesn't need to be sailed directly downwind, just bearing off onto a reach is enough whilst perched on the wings, the kite is hoistable.

Its a user choice if fitted.

The guy who sailed it this weekend didnt have any advantage downwind....in fact I thrashed him in the heavy stuff.

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if its got anything to do with TW then "never", "next week", possibly????

They've been going to dig the QM partition out for 50 years in the planning! (apparently)

As I said before it's one of my favorite sailing waters and I have been lucky enough to have been to more venues than most over the years.  Three fishing villages around the lake so seriously big.  Good Med sea breezes and great waves to play with.  For the cultural types  Rome is nearby and I shouldn't need to tell anyone what's there to enjoy!