Bill,
I guess that’s where I was going…. You get the extra ~12inches on the luff edge. And by lowering your tack corner from the normal position on the SC20 to the 22’s tack corner mount on the spin pole, you increase your luff edge. Doesn’t this increase your foot potential…. even if you’re running a forward-of-the-beam self tacking jib car?

One thing I noticed about your setup is that you run your spin pole in a low position (similar to the ARC22). Is there an optimum spin pole angle of entry for the SC20, or does it depend on what head sail your planning to fly off it? Did this low angle of entry, and having the lower jib tack corner, create any problems for you or is it a non-factor? This winter I’m going to attempt to engineer and mount a spin pole on my SC20TR and I was going to attempt to engineer mine very similar to the ARC22. Any feedback on optimum or desired mounting angles for the spin pole on a SC20TR would be greatly appreciated…!

You know, people can knock the boat (SC20’s), and compare them to or try to refute comparison to….. the new “high $$” boats on the market today….. But on that day, in that boat…. Eric and You were the champions! GREAT JOB! People that have never sailed on a SC20 will never understand how magnificent that boat is and what a pleasure that boat is to sail, thank you!

Bobby