Post by us307 on Aug 9, 2010 3:36:00 GMT
This is poor old US 295. She was made by Richardson. I don't know anything about them. There's a man in the SYC who used to sail Tempests with the man I bought these from. If I can talk to him, or maybe the son of the man I bought these from, I can find out a little more.
I raced today, singlehanded. Crossed the finish line just ahead of my crew from last weekend. He was on a MCScow. He beat me on handicap time. He won the next race. I got a bad start in the first race, and a worse start in the 2nd. There's so much to learn. Fixed a lot of things this morning. Installed tiller ext(really helped). Installed one hiking strap(wanted to try it out before I did both, worked great)(Looked a 2 boats and pictures of 2 more, and all had hiking straps in slightly different places. I put mine more towards the middle(about 1/4 of the width of the thingypit)
Also put Davis telltales on the jib and on the leech of the main. They worked well. Put shrink wrap on the junction of the wire and the rope on the jib halyard. That helped keep it from getting stuck. The real fix is a spliced wire/rope halyard from APS!!
Found an article(small book) on U of Iowa sailing site called Basics of Racing. Really good. I finished in the middle of the pack even with the bad and awful start. On the awful start, I spotted some wind off to the starboard, and went over and caught that. Made up most of the time I lost at the start. Not only was I going faster, but it allowed me to get almost to the windward mark without tacking.
I also used the tiller extension to get forward on the downwind leg to get the stern out of the water. This also allowed me to goosewind the jib. That made up some time.
There's so much to learn. But it's really fun!
US 307
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