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2017-02-17 17:17:14 - Praise for the three boat races.
I just want to say that the idea of three similar boats racing in the same race, starting at the same time, is a brilliant idea.

It is nice to see nine sailors having the satisfaction of stepping on each class podium.

This format works well when we must pick one of three boats with somewhat similar performances; so, there is always the drive to be the first to finish but, even if you happen to be sailing the slower boat, there is pleasure to compete with the boats in your class. (“Create New List By” and select only the boats in your class and click on the “Show only boats from this list”).

These three 40’s are a good combination. I am sure there are other good combinations as well, to try in the future.

Thank you for the great idea.

Antonio
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2017-02-23 13:43:04 - Re: Praise for the three boat races.
Viva António,

Espero que esteja tudo bem contigo.

The “Series” idea, if I’m not wrong, was already sailed in SOL previous times.

By the end of last year I didn’t had that acquaintance so, I approached SRC with an overall plan to make a SOL SuperSeries, basically using #4 to #5 different 40 footers, sailing each regatta at the same time and also competing in Corrected Time.
With that in mind we were adding an extra juice factor for the “slower” boats: not only the competition for the individual honor line classes but also for the overall race, via the respective TCF applied to the sailing fleet.
In my opinion, pity SRC didn’t accept the Ratings format idea, something that would have opened the door for other type of multi fleet competitions (note: today there are a new generation of 30 footers able to beat the larger boats).

Two of the boats already existed in the SOL fleet, the Soto 40 and the Class 40.
The other had to be “built” for the Series.

The third boat - Ker 40 - gave me some work to “trim” but, with the precious hand of Jan and Huib she came to light by September.2016, ready for her first SOL race, the “3CR - Caen Channel Craic 2016”.
She is now the 40 to beat in the SOL fleet.

The fourth 40 footer - which I’m not going to reveal - probably even better than the already so good Ker 40, was/is such a high classed one that I could only find out very sparse information for her, anyhow, not good enough for me to extract and build a reliable Polar (see attached file).
I even tried a direct contact with her designer - such a nice person - but, data disclosure, in his words, “only if I wanted to buy one”. Well, at half a million USD that was piece of cake, ehehe.

To a certain point, I can quite understand for a brand new boat sailing in a highly competitive fleet that revealing Polar data can be odd.
At the time, that wasn’t the case as they go now in the fourth boat version.

So, if in the times to come you sail a new 40, probably that will be the result of the “never give up” spirit.
Mine is.

Grande Abraço de
João/psail
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2017-02-26 05:18:42 - Re: Praise for the three boat races.
Ola Joao.

All is well.
The three boats races are really interesting; I think it will be even more fun when we happen to race under shifting winds and constant changing wind speeds; so it would be difficult to choose the faster boat before hand.

Felicidades,
Antonio

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