Ok not to the bank we only need to go to flatery. but almost the same distance.
And I only do this when wind and tide favor the big run.
like last year for Patos we did the short race because I did not want to drive up wind against 4 kn of current. crazy.
and yes I have looked into the J29 mast. all options are on the table.
I seem to be stalling with the project as PHRF contemplates my future rating. they hate people like me who turbo a boat.
and they drag there feet and realy penalize people for doing this.
So for now I march on.
As for 110 that is too fast for me to compeat at.
when the wind is over 12kn I have no problem sailing at a rating of 120. under 6 kn I need that rating of 144. Like you said she has a big butt. but she is fast. In 15kn on a reach you should easly jump up and past hull speed. we have had Vampire up to 14kn. that was off the wind with no kite. and up wind we had 9kn in 35kn of wind. just slightly footing off. we were leaping out of the waves. I am a bit hard on the boat but love the speed. I should also say that we riped a stantion out of the deck when a spin line went slack for a second and lasoed the stantion and yanked it stright sidways and left a 6inch hole in the deck. so maybe i should have throtteled back.
