Send 'em the DVD, Darryl! Always fun to make the claim, but it is based completely on very old and incomplete Portsmouth data, not head-to-head speed tests among other 14s. In fact, the Cheshie's been moved to the "inactive classes" table due to lack of data - there is a base number of 80.0, and a couple of results in Beaufort 2-3 range that put it at 82.6. Add the spin for a modified base of 76.8, and you're definitely in the neighbourhood of expected F14 performance, but can the boat be sailed to the number?

Let's get a few of them out on the race course and flesh out the rating some - c'mon, you Cheshire owners! We race straight up between the 14s, but still take times for the Portsmouth gods. If you own one or know someone who does, chime in so we can get motivated for a regatta soon.

I've got a great story about the Horn Island Race that I'll put in another thread. Little boats continue to make big impressions.

Horn Island Results



(all alone at the finish line... the rest of the fleet's back there, somewhere...)