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Bee

My boat is set up for IRC and long distance and cruising and I knew that she would never be competitive under PHRF from when we bought her

this is just a point following your observation for the community to ponder - similar to your comments to ponder

enough said

Bee

good point you bring up

if those classes consistently win a majority of races then maybe phrf  "Performance" handicapping should evaluate their local phrf numbers
thanks for bringing this up

christopher

it was a little difficult in that wind and visibility

kind of penalizes boats from hyc also

understood

finish order for non spin I believe to be

1. Cyrano
2.sail NA19 blue hull
3. white beneteau   no sail number
4.white j22
5.Skalywag#11
6.sail 87572
7. sail 52295 chinook

is there a distance course option in this regatta?

i got keel caught on crab trap there that had stone crabs in it
tell fish and game it will hurt the stone crab fisheries

   Bob Saunders (superiordiveservices@comcast.net

what is max water depth for haul out

didn't someone once post a survey about preference for W-L vs distance racing etc
what did that conclude

Starting to consider I 550 build with a friend

are others really considering

If we get a group maybe we can get bulk orders on plywood etc

In the olden days thats how lightenings, blue jay and optis were build cheaply

ROSALITA Bene 44.7 should be coming up from Aransas pass

remember the good ol days

i don't know why we got away from olympic circle at hyc for the one designs and fixed marks for cruiser racers
it was so much easier, the racers didn't need to wait for the race committee to make the line perfect and wait for the perfect wind, we just let the racers deal with it, and the committee didn't feel they needed to make it perfect.

cruisers could go around long fixed courses and for those non rabid racers they felt like they were out for a cruise .

then one day one of the cruisers was beat by his friend on the pier so secretly he scrubbed his bottom before the next race and a new racer was born. then the sailmaker convinced his friend into a new jib and a rivalry happened.

sailing cruiser racers around less then one mile W-L requires more skill and crew

i sail up east and they give a 6 sec or 9 sec rating benefit to what they call cruisers for someone who wants to try a spinnaker but not have a full complement of spins or jibs. they only allow that rating benefit with just one jib and one spin onboard. that way they get try out the spin and some become racers.

allow 2 boats to make a one design class start. some of best racing i have ever done was with just two solings on the line. then maybe next time there will be three

just some more 'two cents"

anyone know of either for sale in houston or vicinity

no body mentioned how low the tide was on the "piling"

should i stop looking at boats that draw 7 ft

i really haven't been in bay much since selling Nemo

I am curious about opinions on the water depth in bay and channels (clear lake,boaters cuts etc) red bluff shallows etc since Ike, are there any noticeable changes