I don't seem to be able to open it either, but I am in an Internet cafe so that may be it. Will try another day at a different cafe and will post it up.

From memory, the first 5 were all Taipans. 4th or 5th was a sloop rigged Taipan with their results adjusted according to Texel handicapping.

All the Taipans standard AHPC spec at 2.34m wide with normal overlapping jibs (no self-tackers) and the standard Aussie-style square top (ie 40cm wide).

There was one Vectorworks Blade racing, but they were back in the pack. Their mainsail for the first day had a mish-mash of battens so could explain why they were off the pace. Its mainsail looked really bad, but fixed it on Sunday with fibrefoams but that race was a drifter.

There was a one-off Taipan at 2.5m but did not really challenge in any races.

Both of these boats (one-off Taipan and Blade) had the big head mainsail and self-tackers as well. Quite suprising that they didn't figure in the proceedings, but both skippers still learning about their boats so hopefully they will improve.

Also can really see that the narrower Taipans do lift a hull quite a bit earlier than the wider boats. Certainly an advantage in lighter conditions. With racks on the narrower Taipan you wouldn't lose any advantage in heavier winds.

This Sunday sees the fleet race around Pulau Ubin, an island in front of the club. Hopefully we get good winds and a good turnout.

And of interest, after sailing the Capricorn at the Aussie Nationals and the Taipan w/kite the past few weekends do find that the Capricorn does nose-dive a lot easier and more frequently than the Taipan. Should be the opposite. From sailing both the larger square top main on the Capricorn really makes a difference in pushing the bows under. Tried last weekend in 15knots to get the Taipan bows under. Had more chance when crew sitting in, but crew on the wire out the back the bows really sat out, but still couldn't get the bows to dive.

Cheers
JC