[C320-list] Racing

[Karl Krueger]

Hello Pat:

Where to you keep the boat and how do you fair against the C & C?

I race on Wednesday nights and also race against a C & C.  We have the
same rating and this makes it even more fun.  I find that we are very even
and the results also show this.

Karl Krueger
Kindred Spirit #282
Milwaukee Wisconsin


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM, pat reynolds <lorasalum at yahoo.com> wrote:

> we find six crew best with the symmetrical spinnaker going around the
> bouys but five is very doable.  all the bow person needs to do is unshackle
> the guy on a drop as all our lines are led aft.  we do not have the double
> mainsheet set up on #249. Spin is always dropped behind the genoa.  "losing
> time at the leeward mark" depends on what you are judging it against.  The
> 320 needs quite a number of additions depending on your budget to get
> it strictly race ready and then its still after all a cruiser-racer.
> Fortunately or unfortunately for me I have a competitor friend with a C and
> C who is always ready to put holes in my boat as he is strictly a racer.
> Me. I like the leisurely cruise home from the distance races as much as the
> race itself.
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Denny Browne <dennybrowne at verizon.net>
> To: "C320-List at Catalina320.com" <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Racing
>
> With a conventional spinnaker, it's hard for us to be competitive with
> less than five crew, and six or seven would be my preference. We can set,
> fly and douse the sail with four in light air, but we lose time at the
> marks and there isn't enough weight to sail the boat flat going upwind.
> Optimum performance is 10-14 knots with 7 crew. But it's good for everyone
> else, too, and we lose time at the leeward mark in particular, trying to
> get the genoa up, spinnaker down and main trimmed for upwind speed. We have
> two jib halyards and two spin halyards, so maybe we need to experiment
> there.
>
> Denny Browne
> 310.408.9591
>
> Sent from handheld, sorry for typos, grammar, etc...
>
> On Apr 2, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Bronwen Young <baeyoung at telus.net> wrote:
>
> > Denny;  we also race our boat.  To do so efficiently, we really need a
> crew of at least 4, especially if we're flying the asymmetrical spinnaker.
> My husband and I have raced, just the 2 of us, in light winds.  We've
> found, that to be competitive in a racing situation, things must happen
> quickly and there must also be time to strategize, read the conditions etc.
> All this is too hard to do with just 1 person aboard.
> >
> > Bronwen and Eric   #198
>



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