johnMi 2 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Is the new F85 doing the nationals? Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 if it's the 1 that was in-build last year i think it's still in-build... Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm thinking Super-Bad Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Super-Bad is a F33 Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I guess he won't be racing with the 8.5s then, huh Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'm guessing the lads from Attitude won't be terribly impressed with that ranking either. Ken, You are coming out for a race tomorrow? If so it should start to answer a few questions about whether the new "heavy hard tramps" make you slower or they are actually "an enhanced aero package" and we all better watch out for the Voom... Close race last night dean, 5 seconds in it. Must have done both our handcaps well to be an hour behind Tigre and Borderline... Not sure the "enhanced aero package" helped last night, but i suspect having a lighweight crew of only 2 people made a big dfifference. Gonzo - what happened - you were nearly there? Link to post Share on other sites
Hurts 6 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It was an epic struggle, and I think produced some good very data for the handicapper(s): Voom and HLH should basically be on the same handicap and Tigre and Boarderline should give us approx 30 min for every hour they race. Attitude got to within 10m of the finish line then started reversing back towards us and gave up in disgust at that point. If you guys hadn't been sitting beside us I think we would have pulled the pin too - we also had beer on board which helped pass the time ... Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 It was an epic struggle, and I think produced some good very data for the handicapper(s): Voom and HLH should basically be on the same handicap and Tigre and Boarderline should give us approx 30 min for every hour they race. ... yea right! We only just managed to get away from that hole and saw the rest of the fleet dead in the water only a few meters behind us. Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It was an epic struggle, and I think produced some good very data for the handicapper(s): Voom and HLH should basically be on the same handicap and Tigre and Boarderline should give us approx 30 min for every hour they race. Attitude got to within 10m of the finish line then started reversing back towards us and gave up in disgust at that point. If you guys hadn't been sitting beside us I think we would have pulled the pin too - we also had beer on board which helped pass the time ... We had no beer.... Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I can see the sandbagging has started.. Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 119 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It was an epic struggle, and I think produced some good very data for the handicapper(s): Voom and HLH should basically be on the same handicap and Tigre and Boarderline should give us approx 30 min for every hour they race. Based on that, we should get 20min on you guys! Its a shame that Richmond didn't have the finish boat at Reso like they often do. Link to post Share on other sites
gonzo 0 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I can see the sandbagging has started.. Ha – similar sentiments were expressed onboard our boat last night! Bit of an exercise in frustration – we must have been within a boat length of the finish line as what wind there was died completely and we started going backwards in the tide. 40 minutes later with a mutiny pending I decided to pull the pin! On a serious note – I’m a bit peeved with the race committee. I’ll pre empt this by saying theirs is a thankless task and 99% of the time I think the RYC do a smashing job. However, not finishing the race at Resolution last night was a poor call with an obvious dying breeze and a strong outgoing tide. What was a very good race up to that point (despite some suggestion of sand bagging) turned into somewhat of a bloody lottery… Special mention also goes to the guys on the keelboat Squid Vicious also who thought luffing a catamaran in a light air race, across a streaming tide was a good idea. What is the point? All that produced was lost time for both boats in their respective divisions. Needless to say Keelboat and Multihull relations took a dive. Link to post Share on other sites
Hurts 6 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I think the problem with stopping the race at Richmond was that Foiled and Co had already gone past an hour earlier so the option wasn't there for them. Speaking of foiled - part of my excuse for our shithouse OCS start was I was distracted by them porpoising about - it's quite alarming when the boat in front suddenly rears a meter or so out of the water for no reason and splashes back down again - I guess we'll get used to it. Re Us giving Freedom 20 mins - well that's just crazy talk . Link to post Share on other sites
gonzo 0 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Good point Dean, out of the race committee's hands I guess. I also had a moment when foiled reared up in the start box! Thought we were going to witness a cat mounting a cat ala the extreme 40's for a second Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 that is the first wednesday night race in voom in 2 years. We had no idea on the start timing or even location, just followed people across. Lazy question - do they use sound signals at richmond? I had the SI in my pocket, but didn't have time to read them... Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 ConfirmedAttitude Borderline Dirty Deeds Hurts Like Heaven Putiki Express - Or New foiling F82 Tigre Voom Whio TBC Capricorn Freedom Hooters Stealth Mission Anyone know what happened to Ocean Pacific or Rental? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 OP is up the Whitford River Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Good race last night Ken, that aero package is working well eh! Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The term 'sandbagging' did come to mind. Bit of luck on the shifts, driven from a desire to dodge the leaners feeding us sh*t air. But for a crew of newbies (EricE and Scubash) things went pretty well for us last night. Althought, just checked the results and see you beat us on hcap clive. That surprised me a bit. The aero package is great for sailing, but it turns out it is very firm to sleep on, and we need a new squab. Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 current entry list: Division 8.5 Multihull Attitude Borderline Dirty Deeds Freedom Hurts Like Heaven Sledge Tigre Voom Where is whio and pussy cat? That wil make 10 - anyone else out who is a maybe? Link to post Share on other sites
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