I don't know John, but the boat gets a lot of interest because of it's
speed. Last year I passed a sailboat with it's main up and running
it's outboard. After a bit of pointing by their crew, I heard the throttle
open up and they still couldn't keep up.

I also enjoy sailing circles around other sailboats. When I'm feeling
particularly mean, I do it twice to rub it in. : )

Bart

"John Cairns" wrote

"Bart Senior" wrote

That was the first time I used a spinnaker, albeit a flat cut reacher,
to
sail
upwind. I wonder if the Etchells class rules allow for something like
this?
Probably not. I'll have to check. For the light wind days on Long
Island
Sound
a sail like this could be a rule beater--maybe in PHRF.

Bart
Good story. Don't know about Etchells class rules, they're probably on
line
somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised if that boat is a giant killer in light
air. Wonder what it's rating is?
John Cairns