Talking about race data :

Texel 2007

M20 GTI Pols (NL) / Veenstra (NL) 3:16:34
Volvo Extreme 20 Dercksen (NL) / Mcintosh (NZ) 3:22:25
Eagle 20 strabr large Straakenbroek (NL) / Vercouteren (NL) 3:23:51
M20 Flier (NL) / Deventer (NL) 3:25:45
eagle 20 XXL Bouscholte (NL) / Wieren (NL) 3:26:14
Tornado Samama (NL) / Leeuwen (NL) 3:26:54


And please note that these Eagle 20's are measured at 163 kg and 156 kg. Neither of them are the all carbon version. The Tornado is a 160 kg boat as well. So all the boats above have a significant weight disadvantage with respect to the M20 as well.

The Volvo Extreme 20 is basically a M20 platform with a sloop rig that is only 6% larger then the M20 rig. That is almost negligiable.

The M20 GTI has a 5 sq. mtr jib in addition to the original M20 mainsail and is therefor a pure 125% rig as discussed in the thread.

The "9 min/3 hour" difference between the M20 GTI and M20 is consistent with the 6 points rating difference due to adding a jib.

1 point is 36 seconds/hour. 3*6*36 = 648 secs = 10 min 48 sec (per 3 hours). And this is a horizon job; 3.5 km lead at 10 knots boatspeed.

We can all look up the weather conditions at this years Texel race, but with the lead boats taking 3.5 hours to complete there can not have been strong winds or a beam reach all the way.



Is this the "the example you are looking for" ?

Wouter