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I'll speak for our skipper:  Pursuit is preferred.   

Chris

SolAire signed up, but we selected the wrong fleet.  Cruising Class is preferred, not PHRF Spin.

Chris

I'm absolutely certain we were winning.    I confirmed it with Lisa who is the ultimate authority in my world.
Chris

Did all the boats get re-rated?  Looks like we are now considered 9 seconds faster per mile with just two on the boat.  Must be the reduced crew weight?

Chris

Looks like Eduardo is a guaranteed a spot on the podium.  Perhaps I should change over to Cruising Class....  A little Ericson duel at noon.

Que'?

We are right at 6' of draft.  Anybody know if we can get to the marina? 

Quote from: Bee on March 16, 2015, 12:24:32 PM
Still looks like a J-Fest to me.  Where are all those Bene's, C&C's, Eric's, ...?  Where is the Cruising Class? 

Are you guys afraid of rain?

Oooh, burn!  We are busy getting SolAire ready for some offshore racing, I can't keep racing every weekend! 

Plus, it's going to rain! 

Chris

Jay-
That is a great point about breaking up the PHRF division.  And I do think the PROs do a pretty good job of breaking up the PHRF Spin into a A and B fleet.  And perhaps I should save myself the trouble and just go with that.

What you describe is exactly what I am trying to achieve: a classic fleet of boats that were raced in a previous era, all sailing spinnakers and all trying to participate in as many regattas that we can.  We all have modern material sails, well maintained bottom paint and other updates. 

What's up with phrfgb.com??

Big John- I'd be interested in taking a look at the bylaws you have...

Chris

I'm glad I could prompt a fun trip down memory lane! 

I am interested in a fleet that starts with sailboat metrics like SA/D and D/L, as noted by Kevin Hayes, with a cross check to PHRF.  We know what we want, a fun interesting group of boats that sail a similar race and participate often.  How do we define is the question.

Any old paperwork that could be passed along would be great. 

Thanks!
Chris

Quote from: Tye Dyed Gary on February 08, 2015, 12:49:55 PM
You might look at the old Level 70 fleet for guidance. The fleet was made up of boats rated 69 to 82, all raced level. Any given boat could win on any given day, depending on conditions and crew work. 

Thanks Gary.  Loved your socks at the Ball, by the way. 
My favorite search engine turned up a whole bunch of hits for Level 70 of various video games.  Dang kids these days, they need to get outside and play!  And GET OFF MY LAWN! 

Sorry.  Do you have any info on the Level 70 Fleet? 

Chris

True Confession:  Lisa spelled it for me. 

I saw the same.  I was assuming maintenance or some nefarious sailor trying to change their rating. 

It seems like every race Walter on Firewater is crossing tacks with us out on the course somewhere.  He may not know it, but his red hull is our benchmark.  A race within a race.  I'm sure there would be others, but his red hull is easiest to spot from a distance.

So I'm interested in organizing a one design fleet for some upcoming bay races.  I have no idea how to do such a thing, nor do I know what the rules might be. 
Our boat SolAire is a 1972 Ericson 39, 30' LWL, listed as 19,000lbs displacment, 9500lbs in the keel, draws 6', we sail with a 129% genoa, 2015 PHRFGB is 126
Here are the approximate characteristics of our boat in 10kts of wind (we have no polars):
Going to weather: 
point of sail 30 degrees AWA, 6.0kts+/-, we tack through about 90 degrees.  I'm guessing on the speed here.
Close reaching we generally run 7.3kts+/-
We fly an assymetrical spinnaker tacked to our anchor roller, it sails from about 80 degrees AWA to about 150 AWA, approximately a Code 3A.

We are low and slow in the light air like all heavier boats.

I'm looking for boats with similar characteristics.  Any takers?

Chris

Geesh, Ed.  Would it kill ya to at least get yourself one of these??