[Public-List] Racers speed of A30

[Lawrence Morris]

Bruno

Two things that i think is hurting your performance. First the 120 jib  
is a real sacrifice in power. We race with 170's hear on the bay. And  
I am willing to bet that the grampion and the mirage are sailing with  
155's at a minimum.  You trim in the big genoa and play the mainsheet  
to keep the rail out of the water and the helm neutral.

Secondly, three bladed prop spinning or not is considerable drag. It  
is as moch as a half a knot when the breeze is up.

I wouldn't be to concerned with the type of bottom paint as long as  
the bottom is smooth and cleaned before each race. These boats have a  
lot of wetted surface and need to be clean to reach performance goals.




Larry Morris
Bosun Yacht Systems

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On Jul 19, 2010, at 16:11, <elyse.pastor at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
> Hello to all racers,
> I do have a question about racing speed of our A30 Lady Heron #297.
> We have participated for over 40 races in our first racing year in  
> 2008 and gotten a good idea on how to handle our Lady Heron. The  
> rating that we received was "0.929" (basically the same as a  
> Grampian 26 "0.929"or a Mirage 24 "0.923").
> The placing was always in the last third - if 10 boats participated  
> - we were 6th, 7th or 8th while the Grampian or the Mirage could be  
> very much in the 1st few.
> Now we are in our second year of racing (last year we went on a 72  
> day voyage in the Great Lakes) but unfortunately we cannot get any  
> better then in our first year. We then asked one of our friends/ 
> members in the same club who has been racing successfully for the  
> last 20 - 30 years on his Alberg 37 and normally places first or  
> second. He mentioned to us that in his opinion, she is not coming to  
> speed.
> In order to see what that meant, we had a GPS running to see what  
> speed we would achieve up and down-wind. What we could measure was  
> 5.8-5.9kts with a 1st reef and a 120 jib (about 12kts of wind) as  
> close as we could be to the wind. On a broad reach we could get in  
> the same conditions about 6.2-6.3kts. and downwind (wing - wing)  
> 5.2-5.3kts.
> Can anyone tell me what their speed is in some races (upwind and  
> downwind) so I can get an idea of how we are. Any suggestions what  
> to look at???
> My friend mentioned that it is also possible that our main sail is  
> not that performing as we have 4 full battens (we fitted our Lady  
> last year with a new mast-track and full batons on the sail) and yes  
> - it is an older version but in reasonable shape. But the 120Jib is  
> almost new.
> As for the body - we use Fiberglass Bottomkote from Interlux and we  
> do have a 3-blade propeller that we block in "reverse".
> Thanks for any suggestions
> Bruno & Elyse
> Lady Heron 297
>
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