Thank you for your response. My spinnaker pole is 11.7 (standard). The luff
will be 41.5. The leach will be 39.5 and the sail will be 180% of the J.
Please give us your opinion on the rating and what the next step might be.
Thanks
Mike Guccione
818-502-2600
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From: USA97408@aol.com [mailto:USA97408@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:05 PM
To: innove8@pacbell.net
Subject: Re: A-Sails
Actually we did pass am amendment to the rules that cover this. It is now
legal under the rules to carry both an asymmetrical and symmetrical sail on
the boat. There are 2 requirements:
You must notify PHRF in writing that you want to do this, it will be
reflected on your certificate. You must include sail and pole specs on the
new sail.
The boat will then be individually rated according to the data provided. In
many cases there is no rating change. In some there is. The pole size is
important. You are rated with a J length pole. If you built a 185% A sail
and
tried to fly it off a J pole, the boat would be covered in cloth. The sail
simply would not fly. To make most a sails effective the pole has to be
lengthened dramatically. Oversize poles carry a mandatory penalty depending
on how large a percentage is added. See your rulebook.
A much smaller a sail will fly on a j length pole and in certain
circumstances, on certain type boats, it is an advantage. Remember that once
you are rated in that configuration you are stuck with the penalty number
whether you use the a sail that day or not. On a heavy air dead down type of
day, a 9-12 second penalty would not be worth it because you would not use
the a sail anyhow. Think about this carefully.
Talk to the guys at Schock boats. Talk to your sailmaker. If you want to
submit an exact configuration for review before you do it, we will give you
an opinion on the handicap. Let me restate, you can do this now under the
rule change.
E.S.Jackson
Received on Fri Jan 12 09:51:34 2001