Aero 9

   The thread from Cirrus detailing the evolution of rig on his development single hander recently suggested that the benefit of an "oversize" rig is marginal in terms of speed across the wind range and to some degree narrows the usable wind range.
Bigger is not always better?

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Do Different Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312	Post Options Post Reply Quote Do Different Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Sep 20 at 2:00pm
	The thread from Cirrus detailing the evolution of rig on his development single hander recently suggested that the benefit of an "oversize" rig is marginal in terms of speed across the wind range and to some degree narrows the usable wind range. Bigger is not always better?

H2 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Jul 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 749	Post Options Post Reply Quote H2 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Sep 20 at 10:46am
	I would be really interested to hear from Aero 9 sailors - I have heard people say that the 9 is hard to get going relative to its handicap and certainly I have often seen the 7s and 9s very close together on the water which would (possibly) imply that there is little benefit to using the 9. Last weeks nationals had a small band of 9's sign up and then they just folded into the 7 fleet so in effect there was no 9 nationals. Is there a future for the 9?
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