i thought a-cats had an upper wind limit?
No racing on Saturday. Winds and weather above Class criteria, excpt for short periods. Current results stand. Weather forecast fo today questionable. We have gone from the low side of the wind criteria to the high side. Class rules require average winds not to drop below 4 knots or higher than 22knots for any period of 15 minutes.
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There were plenty of “sucker punches” that offered windows of 10-18 knots but these race-able periods would always be interrupted by a squall band that would bring heavy rain and high winds making it unsafe for racing.
http://forum.sailingscuttlebutt.com/cgi-bin/gforum.cgi?post=12724i have a 17' nacra 5.2 and a weta
when it blows 15+knots i'm nervous about soloing 20m2 of sail on the 5.2 without capsizing it, thrilling it is, not so much enjoyable
in those winds it's much more fun to take the wider, shorter weta out and go hosing around downwind on the plane under gennaker
22 knot winds are not that difficult to sail with the weta, probably why the class is so popular in san fran
