http://www.roundtexel.com/round-texel-2015-videos/ (the second vid ?)


Splendid circumstances: 20 knots, Sunshine, wavy sea.

Winning roundtime: 2.38h (Texel rating) , 2.30h (first finished, line honour)

There was a good oldfashioned P15 who finished also 2.30 Texelrating (real time 3.0). But was disqualified.
You all know that I also sail a special home-made P15.

Last but not least: There were also 50 windsurfers who joined the competition and the fastest finished in 2.08h real laps time.

For me, being also a windsurfer, that is heartwarming.

Here is the exact link for the catamaran vid report

https://youtu.be/wXyvd3Twys8

Why was the Prindle 15 disqualified? Sailed the wrong course or something else?

Don't know either. I was not there, nor were my friends who could tell me.

Could have several reasons. Indeed, deviation of the course, not rounding a markpoint, etc

Also sailing with a frontsail can be the reason, because that's excluded in the Texelrating for the P15.
The same applies for a deviation from the exact measures of the mainsail. Powerhead/a bit larger etc.

Somebody who sails the round on a P15 between all the other (ultra) machines has ofcourse an attitude like: "go to hell, f... the rules".

At least I (should) have!

cant have a good oldfashioned P15 beating all them carbon jobs now can we

It says on catsailing news that the P15 had retired and the mistake was in scoring him.
The way they focus on the corrected time and not the fastest boat, does it make sense to build a boardless rule beater rated slow but actually fast enough? Plus it would be able to take short cuts over the shallow water.

Kind of interesting, the down playing of the foilers. It's a healthy anomaly to have an open race where a H16 gets 2nd.

nothing wrong with a rating beater... But good idea to work "the other end" of the ratings (high DPN vs. low).

In ideal conditions for your P15, you could put the foilers to shame especially if you have flexibility of scooting over shallow waters and sailing a shorter overall course?

I believe Rob R. won our local Hiram's race on a P15 once against a bunch of Nacra 20's which took a DPN hit because the wind direction kept the spinnakers in the bag both days...