We've posted the event schedule on the website. Please send me the dates of
any events that you are planing to have two or more Swifts and I'll post
those dates. Also let me know of any shows or other events in which Swifts
will
appear.
Finally got back out racing last night and going sailing again tomorrow. USA
013 is smokin' fast. Testing will begin tomorrow with the other Swifts with
some really good 49er sailors at the helm. I'll share what we learn as we
verify results with repeated testing results.
For those who are looking for a provisional Portsmouth Yardstick number, I
would suggest that we start with about a 78 and see how it goes. Just don't
race against I-14s who have a number slower than a 505 (80) but are very close
to equal to a 49er. I race against I-14 (85) and 505's in the same start
and I-14's beat 505's by huge margins. For US sailing to even post these
numbers is an indication of how far out of touch they are with what's
happening.
The I-14's perpetuate this hoax on their mailing list in hopes of keeping
this bogus number so that they are guaranteed a win in any race they enter.
Actually they are a great bunch of guys and must be laughing their butts off
over their rating.
Bram
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