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  1. J

    Washington 360 - Something interesting for next summer.

    Short of the Lac Leman specialty cats, an Extreme 40 is the most accessible race winner??
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    Any credible information regarding a new R2AK race course in Puget Sound or south of Canada would be of great interest...
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    Jetstream 9000??
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    That is a really, really cool Newick: Lucky Strike, if I am not mistaken. THAT might be the ideal R2AK boat?!?! My Seacart has a big rudder on each ama and a maybe 6' long dagger sticking down into the black midnight depths...
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    Ask a Kiwi if the Aussies are the best racing sailors!?! Some of the winches on the big tris winch counter-clockwise, in which case it is very helpful to have the reminder of the correct winching direction clearly shown on the top of the winch?
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    and you can't always see them, unfortunately!
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    The logs don't disappear during the day up there: every tide line is a potential end of race mishap. Every river mouth is a chaos of barely afloat uncounted board feet waiting to be set free on the huge rising tide. Constant attention is required even in the best weather, even during the day
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    Speaking of Moxie, where is this legend now? Last I heard she was heading to Spain with Lia Dutton in 2011?
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    Th4 word "sandbagging" is an unnecessary and counterproductive pejorative. Sailboat racing is a non-stop quest to add performance within the rules. The M32 effort was amazing: 3 young top shelf sailors on a PHRF -100 platform, willing to sail non-stop offshore in cold water for almost 4 days...
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    The OP was "ideal R2AK boat"... These two multis are not out the question, or even sandbagging. And if they are on the fast side, there have been some other much faster boats doing the race!
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    Race to Alaska best boat

    I have a couple of nominations for the ideal R2AK boat, other than the SC30, which is ideal: Explorer 44 trimaran (Round Midnight) and the legendary Newick "Moxie"...
  12. J

    Big Daddy 2020, March 7&8

    The sound of speed... Nice!!
  13. J

    vid.clips, 2019 Jazz Cup

    Thank you Trevor. You and Malcolm and Mackenzie are honest to god blessings... JH
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    Practical experience with Li Batteries on raceboats?

    In my ignorance I took out a heavy lead battery from my two battery system on my monohull race boat and substituted a small extremely light lithium motorcycle starting battery of some kind, and lost 35 or so pounds and have never had any issues whatsoever, although doubtless I have lost some...
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    why 3 telltales behind each other?

    On a mainsail they are called the "Gang of 3" by Olympic medalist multihull sailor Randy Smyth...
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    Pettit Black Widow Video Review

    Micron 66 is soft and we previously had this paint fail to protect from anti-fouling as well. The harder ones are likely faster. This is the second bottom that has failed to protect from fouling. I am completely happy with my diver: he has cleaned my hulls for many years and is extremely...
  17. J

    Looking for DIAM-24s in NA

    Upwind on the Seacart 30 we do 14 or so kn with the wind in the mid to higher teens, which is about what Beowulf V (Half Moon Bay Boys and Girls) does...
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    Pettit Black Widow Video Review

    I have contacted the manufacturer twice and received no answer JH
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    Pettit Black Widow Video Review

    I am the Marstrom 30 owner of the above issue. I hesitate to get involved here due to the sheer volume of overheated, semi-informed opinions? I was surprised, to say the least, at hearing of barnacles after 3 months, or less, of use. The boat was sailed, but not raced, half dozen times in the...
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    Heaving-To

    My Marstrom 30 Seacart heaves too nicely between races with just a main up, trav down, mainsheet a bit loose. Great for eating lunches between races...


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