ted_reshetiloff
Contributing Partner
Foxtrot is the boat Chris has sailed on. I raced against him on my friends Mount Gay 30 earlier this summer. On the headsails, PHRF on the Chesapeake asssumes you will be flying a 155 and bases rating on that. No change in rating if you say you are only going to use a 145. At least thats what I was told. Same with the kites. They assume you will be using max girth. They will hit your rating for going over a 155 or exceeding max girth or using an oversized pole.
I am pretty sure I will be keeping the furler on, taking the credit and flying the sails from the drums. That being said I guess I need to take some measurements as I doubt I have the full 50' of I available. I am going to be working on the boat all next week and will check it then. Also does anyone kn owwhat size luff tape the Harken II furler takes? Guess I can get tha calipers out on that too but maybe someone here already knows. Seth if you already have an idea of what those luff, leech and foot dimensions are let er rip!
Regarding the sprit we are thinking of trying to incorporate some articulation but may be limited by the space around the stem fitting. Thoughts are that we would affix the aft end of the sprit to a car and put it on a short piece of track. Need to take some measurements and see if we can make it work without reinventing the wheel.
I am pretty sure I will be keeping the furler on, taking the credit and flying the sails from the drums. That being said I guess I need to take some measurements as I doubt I have the full 50' of I available. I am going to be working on the boat all next week and will check it then. Also does anyone kn owwhat size luff tape the Harken II furler takes? Guess I can get tha calipers out on that too but maybe someone here already knows. Seth if you already have an idea of what those luff, leech and foot dimensions are let er rip!
Regarding the sprit we are thinking of trying to incorporate some articulation but may be limited by the space around the stem fitting. Thoughts are that we would affix the aft end of the sprit to a car and put it on a short piece of track. Need to take some measurements and see if we can make it work without reinventing the wheel.