I am afraid the covid delays have finally won and there is no realistic way to finish preparations on Near Miss in time for a decent sea trail and to get to SF in time for the start. So I must...
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I am afraid the covid delays have finally won and there is no realistic way to finish preparations on Near Miss in time for a decent sea trail and to get to SF in time for the start. So I must...
I am still hopeful of having finishing my refit on Near Miss and participating in the 2021 SHTP. I am reviewing the SER and I see that SER 4.3.1 requires a safety at sea seminar in the last 5 years....
I am still interested and planning on doing the race. I still have a few issues to work out, mostly dealing with the rudder loads. I have a new rudder with more balance area ready and which hopefully...
I think part of my previous post may not have been clear. I'm not suggesting that SSS change the Racing Rules of Sailing. As you say they are will thought out. There is a requirement for room and...
Since I do not live in the bay area, I'm a little late reading about Hedgehog. I have raced up the City Front on a number of events though and I am familiar with the situation that put you in. Dave,...
We just used handheld GPS, Garmins mostly. Most everyone had one and they were easier to transfer the track to a PC than most of the chart plotters.
You may want to look at using GPS tracks and replay software to become your "RC". There is a program called GPS Action Replay, I have not used it for awhile. If I remember correctly it is from France...
Thanks solosailor,
I have been looking through all of the documents I can find online and I don't see where that rule change is. Could you post a link to it? I'm sure there is more information on...
Mainly the use of two headsails. My recollection was that you are only allowed to have two head sails hoisted at the same time temporarily while changing from one jib to the other jib. I may be wrong...
I am working on my sail plan for the SHTP. There have been some non-standard PHRF configurations mentioned at the seminars. What document modifies or controls the sails used in the SHTP?
I am interested in the SHTP 2020 and planning on coming up to the first seminar. With the seminars on Wednesday my first question is pretty basic. I will have to fly up and won't be able to fly out...