J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment PHRF Racers: Code 6 Mainsail or "Please pass me the roach"

Ok guys I am doing this with the full knowledge that when the boat is in this configuration she is not class.
But Vampire is not class right now any way. I have a Kevlar Main and Carry 3 spinnakers 4 head sails and on the odd race we Carry a spare main.
But should I decide to race class I do have all the stuff to switch her back in 5 minutes.
And yes the sprit will pop off. All that will be left is the hoop next to the Jib horns and the two hard points the pole clips to when extended. And there will be another Spin halyard further up the mast. But that is just for the A sail.
So when we get the west coast fleet together we can party.

But I am doing this to show people that my old J30 still has some great speed left in her. Working with some engineers and an Olympic sailor that is my local North sails loft owner we are looking at improving the boat and taking it to that next level.

Out here on the west coast we have allot of franken boats that have put sprits on and they eat the fleets.

My J30 goes up wind like a scalded cat and we beat everything in our class but when the wind goes aft we see the problem with the boat in our predominantly light air area. The boat can take allot of spinnaker and she is way under sailed for our area. A big A sail will fix this.

I have far too many second place trophies on my shelf. after 20 years of racing PHRF I have seen one over riding thing. The faster boat wins regardless of rating. Its this or I go buy a Flying Tiger F10. But Vampire is fun and has a great interior and the ruder does not snap off in 40kn of wind like the F10.

So I have ordered the sprit at 5' over J and the height for the new spin halyard is being modeled this week at my friends engineering firm.

next when we have hard dimensions comes the A sail.
if all goes well you will be reading about the conversion and how I cleaned up in the NW or how I wasted $3000 on a nice tent.