Course Optimised for Asymmetrics
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Topic: Course Optimised for Asymmetrics
Posted By: redback
Subject: Course Optimised for Asymmetrics
Date Posted: 14 Jan 05 at 6:42pm
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I just noticed this term in the online report of the Grafham Grand Prix. I wouldn't want to belittle the accomplishment of the 29er sailors who won a race even with a course optimised for asymmetrics. What would a course optimised for asymmetrics look like? |
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Posted By: Garry
Date Posted: 14 Jan 05 at 7:52pm
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I assume no tight 3 sail reaches - all sausages and no triangles maybe? ------------- Garry Lark 2252, Contender 298 www.cuckoos.eclipse.co.uk |
Posted By: Lucy Lee
Date Posted: 14 Jan 05 at 8:00pm
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For our Nationals and Inlands we ask for Windward Leeward, with or without short spacer leg at the windward mark to stop boats beating getting munched by boats heading dead down wind to hoist. Sometimes we add a downwind gate to increase the fun when picking the angles downwind. ------------- Fly Cherub! |
Posted By: redback
Date Posted: 15 Jan 05 at 12:51am
| A ha, that's the point, a windward/leeward may be more fun for the asymmetrics but its actually optimised for symmetrics to win. |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 15 Jan 05 at 3:14pm
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On the Asym and cat course, we were sailing UW/DW and a Cat won. (Not me, I was upside down after having to avoid one of the large number of Asym's that had fallen over
------------- Wanna learn to Ski - PM me.. |
Posted By: Blobby
Date Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 5:37am
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Course optimised for asymetrics would be a single reach, broad enough to get fully powered with the kite and use the apparent to bear away just enough to do it in a straight line...also it would have the wind arranged to be totally consistent and enough for them to get blasting but not quite enough for all those nice traditional classes to get moving properly...can't have a windward leg incase a traditional boat playing the windshifts does better... |