[C320-list] Club Racing the C320
Dave Moores
dmoores at cogeco.ca
Mon Aug 27 17:35:32 PDT 2007
Adam: BECAUSE SOME OF US WANT IT ALL!
Dave M
-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Adam Weiner
Sent: August 27, 2007 8:33 PM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Club Racing the C320
I only have one question: If you want to race seriously then what in the
hell are you doing with a Catalina 320? Notice I didn't respond to the
comment about me?
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Scott Thompson
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 4:03 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Club Racing the C320
Because the rules are made by serious racers, and no serious racer wants
a rule change that would generally make it better to have a slower
sailing boat. Few racers, even on San Francisco Bay, share Adam's
rapture about the the benefits of using a fixed prop as a brake! The
rules are thus biased in favor of racing gear over cruising gear, and no
one believes that they equalize all boats. If that's what you are after
switch to a strict one design class and get out of PHRF.
For what it's worth, I believe that folding props are faster than
feathering ones, and if you really want to race successfully you will do
better with a small two-bladed folder that folds into a really compact
and streamlined package (e.g. the nicer Martec) than with any other
prop. On the other hand, if you are really that serious about racing
then the 320 isn't a very good choice of boat in the first place. I
love to cruise my 320 and I love to race. But I race boats that are
designed for speed, not cruising comfort.
Scott
chris denny wrote:
> If it is generally accepted that a folder is that much of a benefit,
> why
> is the allowance for a fixed prop not greater? I thought the idea was
to
> make things "equal". Is 6 seconds the "standard addition" for a fixed
> prop?
> cd #328
> Peter Clancy wrote:
>
>> Casual racers may underestimate the value of relatively small speed
>> improvements.
>>
>> For example, assume a course is 15 nautical miles long. If you have a
>> modest 1/2 knot per mile speed advantage (with a folding prop) over
an
>> identical boat with a fixed prop and you average 6.5 knots, by the
>> time you reach the finish you'll be at least 10 minutes ahead of the
>> slower boat. If that boat has a 6 second per mile rating advantage
due
>> to a fixed prop, he only gains 90 seconds or 1.5 minutes when
>> corrected. Generally speaking, the lighter the air, the greater the
>> benefit of a folding prop. We raced 'AROBAN' successfully for several
>> years with a Gori two-blade folder and took first in class in last
>> October's Columbus Day Regatta which is South Florida's largest
annual
>> sailboat race.
>> The C320 is a capable racer especially when tweaked and sailed for
>> optimum speed.
>>
>> Peter Clancy
>> 'AROBAN' #222 (former owner)
>> Miami, FL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Origi nal Message ----- From: Joe
>> Barrett<mailto:joe at dolphinmortgage.com> To:
>> 'C320-List'<mailto:c320-list at catalina320.com> Sent: Tuesday, August
>> 21, 2007 9:19 AM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Club Racing the C320
>>
>>
>> If going from a fixed to a feathering/folding prop gains you 1/2-3/4
>> knot of speed do the math. The 6 seconds you loose makes getting a
>> feathering/folding prop a no brainer.
>> Joe Barrett
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
>>
c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com<mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.o
rg>
>>
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of chris denny
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:05 AM
>> To: C320-List
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Club Racing the C320
>>
>> If a folder is that much help, why does having a fixed prop get
>> you just 6 seconds on your adjusted PHRF?
>> CD #328
>>
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