Rick, thanks for sharing this performance data
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<br>>> .. I have had a lot of fun with the very lightweight Taipan 4.9 as a unirig and with rollerfurling Hooter -- in around the buoys races I have been right behind the A-Class boats (good sailors, by the way), at the weather mark, and then smoke them off the wind.
<br>Downwind in a recent distance race (long 10-mile downwind first leg) I was right behind the Inter 20s and Nacras w/spin at the first mark (about 10 miles), and was ahead of all the 20' sloop boats (H20, Tornado, etc), and lost most of them on the upwind leg, finishing right with the H20s. On the upwind I did have some problems that kept me from doing better.
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<br>This sort of data is very welcome to validate the models and claim developped in relation to the F16HP class.
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<br>Thanks alot, it was good to hear that we're still on the right track.
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<br>To bad we can't incorporate the Hooter though. This sail gets killed under Texel and ISAF handicap rating.
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<br>Wouter
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