Dinghy multihulls: PY for A Class

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PY for A Class

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Topic: PY for A Class

Posted By: Doctor Clifford
Subject: PY for A Class
Date Posted: 15 Aug 06 at 4:35pm

occasionally have the misfortune of sailing under PY in mixed dinghy fleet.

Any experience of hhat A Class cats are sailing on under PY?

This particular one has an SCHRS on 0.98. Taking the usual multiplier of
684, this gives 670. Crippling! Anyone sailing on more than this?!

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Dr. Clifford

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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 15 Aug 06 at 4:40pm

Which A class is this ?

Flyer Mk II ?

Given a Hurricane 5.9 is 1.01 / 691 it's not too bad !

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Posted By: 353rob
Date Posted: 15 Aug 06 at 6:14pm

At the moment we are racing PY in Cork harbour against the Tigers, we are racing off 691 which is working out just OK we could do with a bit more as the wind comes up.
My feeling is that we should have a PY of 701 this puts is between the Spitfire with 711 and the F18 Tigers 691, the Austrilain's PY reflect this and they have some of the best sailors in both these fleet racing under PY ( http://www.vic.yachting.org.au/default.asp?MenuID=Divisio ns/10631/0,Off_the_Beach_Yardsticks/10638/0 )

I hope the new updates to SCHRS helps us out or there is no point in going back to SCHRS for club racing here. Any news Simon on the updates?

All the best

Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 15 Aug 06 at 8:23pm

We are in the process of refining the rule.

Once the group (about 8 of us) are happy that the rule now better reflects the real world, one of the Naval archetects who is helping us out will be writing a formal paper for the ISAF, we hope to be able to publish this paper at the same time as it is submitted to the ISAF. The paper will address a number of areas (that have already been talked to death), but the main one is to include a "righting moment" portion to the rule (this will benefit most single handers).

Once the paper is submitted to the ISAF, they must discuss it and then agree it (or not). Once this has happened, the rule will be changed (or not).

Timescales are currently to present the paper to the ISAF in the Autumn.

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Posted By: 353rob
Date Posted: 16 Aug 06 at 9:29am

Simon,

Thanks for the update, and well done to the group of 8 for taking SCHRS into the new century, looking forward to the updates.

all the best
Rob

Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 16 Aug 06 at 9:47am

Originally posted by 353rob

Simon,

Thanks for the update, and well done to the group of 8 for taking SCHRS into the new century, looking forward to the updates.

all the best
Rob

Thanks,

We are all doing it in our spare time, I'm the the contact for the UK and can be contacted via simonl (at) schrs.org.

We have been very lucky in getting a couple of qualified naval archeticts to give us some time so the rule can be grounded in theory, but we also have been testing the proposals we have against how we as a group feel the various boats perform - this has lead to some heated discussions.....But progess is being made.

It will still HAVE to go to the ISAF.......

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Posted By: 353rob
Date Posted: 16 Aug 06 at 10:58am

sounds like fun!

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is"
http://www.famous-quotations.com/asp/acategories.asp?Author=Yogi+Berra - Yogi Berra

Posted By: Doctor Clifford
Date Posted: 16 Aug 06 at 4:25pm

Originally posted by Scooby_simon

Which A class is this ?

Flyer Mk II ?

Given a Hurricane 5.9 is 1.01 / 691 it's not too bad !

tis a Boyer Mk iii from '98 ish with new fathead main
pick it up Saturday...

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Dr. Clifford

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Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 16 Aug 06 at 11:35pm

Originally posted by Doctor Clifford

Originally posted by Scooby_simon

Which A class is this ?

Flyer Mk II ?

Given a Hurricane 5.9 is 1.01 / 691 it's not too bad !

tis a Boyer Mk iii from '98 ish with new fathead main
pick it up Saturday...

Excellent;

Coming down to Grafham for the Cat open / A class Nats ?

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Posted By: Doctor Clifford
Date Posted: 24 Aug 06 at 10:36am

with any luck, although many brownie points required for that one!

new kitchen to be fitted!

first sail on it last night

light F2 breeze , but still like sh*t off a shiny shovel. downwind is going to
take some learning after the Spitfire

(anyone want to buy a Spitfire in excellent condition?!)

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Dr. Clifford

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Posted By: 353rob
Date Posted: 24 Aug 06 at 11:06am

There has been a few leaving the Spitfires for other classes, any reason for this or is it just the normal turn over of boats? Hope you enjoy the A

Posted By: Doctor Clifford
Date Posted: 24 Aug 06 at 4:40pm

normal turnover, i think

i'm moving because the wife crewed and she has ripped her knee cartilegde
- no more sailing for a good while - so it's off to single handed sailing for
me!

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regards
Dr. Clifford

take two tablets twice daily