Recent content by harstonwood

Yes and the latest 2020 IRC regs confirm it

Ok has a reply from the rating office “You will need to declare any and all poles, so the answer is yes, you will need to declare a whisker pole, bowsprit and a spinnaker pole if you add one” I’ll add a my spi pole as a “whisker pole” next year, and see how the rating comes back.

Thanks Flaming The IRC rules changed in 2019 and are now silent regarding whisker poles. It used to have a paragraph stating that you could not pole out a spinnaker, but could a Genoa I guess that’s why the Fastnet committee have clarified the rules, for their race I don’t want to rate the boat...

Boat rated for bowsprit only - anyone know the rating penalty for carrying a whisker pole? Thanks

Great thanks for that ...will be one of my winter projects !

Thanks for that - did you beef up the attachment point for the tack?

Great - thanks

No, I mean a staysail as described in the article you attached as a “Genoa Staysail” It’s deployed to a hard point on the deck, and hoisted on fractional halyard. Seen one on a J109 recently . It’s a good option on passage racing at night, possibly. Just wondered if any rating issues?

Seeing a fair few boats now fitting a staysail, using a sail (Jib cut) on a furler with a torsion cable sewn into the luff, and then hoisting using a spi halyard Guessing using for power reaching when above code zero wind limits Seems like a good idea, especially short handed Any rating issues?

Thanks All its been going on for a while. Hopefully I can take the unit off the mast and replace the battery at sea level!

Getting " Wind Batt" message on displays, and wind data disconnects from displays. Before fault finding starts, is it likely to be a display battery or the wind transmitter battery (T222) at the top of the mast? (crane needed to change batt, due height of wind cup unit)

Getting " Wind Batt" message on displays, and wind data disconnects from displays. Before fault finding starts, is it likely to be a display battery or the wind transmitter battery (T222) at the top of the mast? (crane needed to change batt, due height of wind cup unit)

Does anyone have a copy of the JOG safety checklist, I can’t see it in the website, which says it’s sent by emai Thanks

Agree with most of that.....particularly like the two rating (inshore/offshore) scenario.

Perhaps the IRC boat thought your were in the same class....