Heavy1 said..
Hi all. Unfortunately I was late to sail in yesterdays racing due to scoring overtime duties at work. I was disappointed so I turned up for a late sail with the exocet RSD2. Thanks to John for warning me that the North East Breeze was building much more than predicted. So I quickly swapped to starboard futura 141 and ezy lion 8.5. The wind was very variable but I still had one of the best sails Ive had in months with paul D . He was on a JP slalom with a very flat 7 sailworks. Paul was maxed out and really flying at stages. For a guy who was sailing masters when I was in my early 20s, paul D is an inspiration to us all in terms of continuing to sail at a high level throughout life.
While I'm congratulating, a huge congrats to John Aus817 , for 6th in nationals and 7th in the Oceania race board title. A remarkable achievement well done. And with two 4th places on the last day he only seems to be improving.
ok update on my diy foil. I was unhappy with my first wing so Im working on that again. I also need to fabricate the deep tuttle connector and drill it to connect the mast. thats tricky because the mast bolts are nearly as wide as the tuttle head so everything has to be perfect.
Update on tiga D2 race. My centre board works very well, but I think it might be better on balance in the more rearward slot so that needs a tweak and a slight reduction in size. also the mast base connection was ok for a trial run but I really need to do that better. on trial it pointed very very high although it didnt seem to naturally rail up. It took heaps of force on the CB to rail at all, but it didnt seem to need much railing. It was comfy on a very broad reach and would totally smash the serenity going down wind. I sailed from down wind of point fred to the top of caroline bay in a NE with one single tack. Amazing. It took on about 500mls of water in 2 hours. not sure where its leaking.
HI mate,
Bummer you missed racing on Saturday, it was an awesome afternoon chasing myself upwind and downwind :) I started with the Magics and the 16ft Skiff and managed to beat them all the the top Mark and although the 16 footer got me at the first downwind, I managed to catch up most of the lost ground upwind and then finish them off downwind for an outright win :) The NE built throughout the afternoon to finish at a good 15-18 knots. I sailed up the Caroline Bay after the race and was pretty close to the limit on my 9.5m RaceboardBlade LW Loft rig.
I'm glad you enjoyed the afternoon out, I think you'd have had a much better time on your 8.5m on your Futura than the 9.5m on your RSD2.
Thanks for the Congratulations, it was a great week at RQYS and although I sailed well, the front 5 or 6 guys were just a little too good.
Looking forward to seeing your foil, and your Tiga D2 on the water. You might need to train yourself to get the D2 to sit on the rail, usually doesn't take too much once you have some pressure and once it's over it should hold being on the rail ok. Most hollow boards do take a little water each sail, god knows where the water comes in, but it always finds a way!
JD.
