Christian,
You could cover the 29er with that natural wood grain linolium (sp),
maintain the same appearance of fine craftmanship and do a horizon
job at the next nationals.
K
On Jun 6, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Christian Rasmussen wrote:
What, I thought I had the fastest single hander out there, and now
he is telling me I could just have bought a 29er
and made it into a single hander. (Which fully rigged only cost
$8500 as new) Ohh well if much more shit on my swift
breaks, thats probably what I will do.
Christian
From: BDally6107@xxxxxxx
Date: June 6, 2006 7:43:23 AM PDT
To: swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Jerhico Classic regatta results
We had a really nice weekend regatta at Jericho, even with the
light air and big tide conditions. When you mix Canadian
hospitality with good food in a super facility with a great bunch
of guys, you're going to have a lot of fun.
What a mix of boats in our class (high performance X-class)!
The Voodoo did show up as did the Hoot, the Musto (Ron), two
Swifts, a single handed 29er, a single handed B-14 and an Inter
20, . Unfortunately, we had 5 races in non-trapping weather ( 2-5
knots). Michael France sailing a 29er single-handed won every
race, I was second in every race and the Musto was third in every
race I think.
While Michael used some local knowledge to his advantage, he and
his 29er were definitely faster off the wind in these displacement
mode conditions than the other boats, including the Swift. He was
as fast as anyone to weather as well. The Hoot had moments of
speed to weather as did the Voodoo. Generally, the Swift was at
the weather mark second -- just behind the 29er. Off the wind
these were not good conditions for the Hoot (no kite). The Voodoo
has some teething issues to get over as it capsized quite a few
times both with and without the kite. They will need some time to
get this boat sorted out (as you should expect).
The B-14 (single handed) seemed quite fast to weather as it reached
the first mark with the Swift and 29er a couple of times. These
were not conditions that favored the Inter 20—even with the massive
sail area (including kite).
Generally, not much should be read into these results unless you
always races in extremely light air. The Hoot seems like a nice
boat and would have been fun to see in a breeze. For a non-trapeze
cat rigged single-hander, I think it will be a factor in the market.
In the end, it was impressive to see all of these classes
together. Watching the Voodoo reminded me of the earliest days of
the Swift when I was sorting everything out and trying to learn how
to sail an untried and unproven design. It will take persistence
and another year of R&D to really see what this boat can do. Don't
write it off!
Best regards,
Bram
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