Farr too good!!

Well Saturday was the first real chance this year to sail the Farr against a number of different boats from Snipes, 420's phantom's, supernova, the new Hartley wayfarer, Solo's and streaker's. The wind was blowing 18 to 22 knots perfected Farr weather. I managed to get on the line and driving which allowed me to pull out from leeward of the Hartley boat to be 1st to the windward mark. The course suited the Farr with lost of fetches which were free enough to get the bow down and go and nearer the mark the angled freed up to really get the boat rocking. To give you some indication of speed I managed to pass a K6 which was catching the main fast handicap fleet up. Admittedly this was the worst angle for the K6 but they did look slightly surprised to see me rock past. After that the boat just performed. It was fairly Roy stable wand I even managed the bear away without a swim although a change kicker cleat position would help. By the end of the race I was about 10 boat lengths  ahead of the next boat. Bullet in the bag. 

Second race saw a drop in the wind by about 2 knots which meant I really had to work to get up and go. The decrease in the wind allowed the Phantom to power up and he managed to catch me on every down wind leg. But once past me he didn't disappear in fact I managed to catch it up when the wind came back on the nose. Final result was I managed to clean up the second as well. This proves my theory my ctec is great in a breeze. I now need to find a set up for light and intermediate conditions. 

I am in talks with ardspars to build a mast which is slightly different mast set up. I'll update the blog with my progress as and when. 

Evaluation. The boat is very quick in breeze when your fat and have a good course. It's just a shame I couldn't do the whole Easter series as we have had a range of wind conditions which would make handicap calculations easier.