G'day,
My race experience is with the little ones, that is why i mentioned
them. There are no big race ones, yet.
I would not compete in a downwind gybing duel. It will always be
quicker to sail your own course, with one, or maybe two gybes. If
someone is sitting on your breeze, sail higher or lower to get clear
air. This applies to all large multis, in my experience.
Upwind, it is a different story, but I would happily get in a
tacking/shunting duel with any of the boats you have mentioned,
especially the 40' cats (was XL2 racing?). The more shunts/tacks, the
better. If it was a singlehanded race, I would be pretty confident of
winning a tacking duel. There are still a lot of techniques to learn
about shunting with a full crew.
Wangi is a cool regatta, and one I would love to do in a harryproa.
How many boats were there? Is it on a web page anywhere, or do we
wait until the next Multis mag?
I am in Brisbane in a fortnight to go for a sail on Rare Bird, among
other things. Not a racer by any stretch of the imagination, and not
my boat to invite you for a sail, but I daresay i could arrange for
you to have a look at it if you like.
regards,
Rob
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Daniel <dantheman998@
> --- In harryproa@yahoogrou
>> G'day,
>>
>> Thanks for your interest, and questions. Following is based on my
>> experience with Elementarry, a 7.5m/25' harry which I sail on the Swan
>> river in Perth. I have never entered a race, but have sailed against
>> 49ers, Hobies and Tornados often enough to offer the following.
> ............
>
> Rob,
> I have deleted most of your reply to keep the thread to a reasonable size.
>
> Thanks for the reply tho, it was very informative.
>
> To be honest I was mentally picturing a larger sized fleet, with
> Trimarans such as F24's, F25s, F27s, F28s, sprint 750's, F31s, 40
> foot cats etc, not beach cats.
>
> The reason I was mentally picturing this is that I have just come back
> from the "Corsair Trimarans Multihull Regatta 2008" held on Lake
> Macquarie in central NSW.
> I crewed on an F27.
>
> There was lots of upwind tacking duels, downwind tacking duels etc.
> I just can't see the proa competing on a downwind jibing duel.
> (Maybe, as you suggest you can get far enough ahead on the windward
> legs? Seems a risky strategy)
>
> Maybe I'm being a bit unfair, but it seems to me the rudder system
> still has not been sorted out for the big (40 foot plus) proas.
>
> Anyway, I'm still open minded and still keen to see one of the big
> ones launched and sailing.
>
> deepee
> OZ
> BTW - I am based in Brisbane.
>
>
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