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Re: head sail
Hi Grady,grady wrote:Here is a different setup for the aft tracks.
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?
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Yes it is! The guy with crazy horse just finished it and rigged it out almost identical. This was the trip to worst fest at canyon lake. I race with and against him all summer.cruiser wrote:Hi Grady,grady wrote:Here is a different setup for the aft tracks.
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?
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Re: head sail
What's with the little guy just above your mast? It looks like a bat signal for small furry animals. 
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That is actually the gas station sign. Buc-ee's the Walmart of gas stations.Tomfoolery wrote:What's with the little guy just above your mast? It looks like a bat signal for small furry animals.
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Thanks Grady - sounds like you are in a good training ground!grady wrote:Yes it is! The guy with crazy horse just finished it and rigged it out almost identical. This was the trip to worst fest at canyon lake. I race with and against him all summer.cruiser wrote:Hi Grady,grady wrote:Here is a different setup for the aft tracks.
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?
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See? Let me know when you are coming and I will get you on the boat!!!!!!!! It is a lot of fun racing against him and after many years of tuning my boat and me I have beat him some. He acually told me this year that I am starting to scare him.cruiser wrote:Thanks Grady - sounds like you are in a good training ground!grady wrote:Yes it is! The guy with crazy horse just finished it and rigged it out almost identical. This was the trip to worst fest at canyon lake. I race with and against him all summer.cruiser wrote: Hi Grady,
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?. One of my big "must dos' when I eventually get back over to the US for a big trip around is to see the magical "Wings" in action
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Re: head sail
grady: Yes it is! The guy with crazy horse just finished it and rigged it out almost identical. This was the trip to worst fest at canyon lake. I race with and against him all summer.cruiser wrote: Hi Grady,
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?
cruiser: Thanks Grady - sounds like you are in a good training ground!
Wow thanks for the offer Grady, I'll take you up on that one if I can get over there in the next year or two. Trouble is that by then yours might be the famously fast boat by the sound of thingsgrady wrote: See? Let me know when you are coming and I will get you on the boat!!!!!!!! It is a lot of fun racing against him and after many years of tuning my boat and me I have beat him some. He acually told me this year that I am starting to scare him.
PS: Had to modify the middle bit of this massage as I just found out one can not have more than 3 quotes in a row - bit like sailing, always learning a new way around things
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Probably not famous but it does realy good for an S model. This pic was at the end of this years wedsnday night races. I beat him to the mark and he finaly caught me half way down wind because I was single handing and not flying the spin.cruiser wrote:cruiser wrote: Hi Grady,
That would not be the very famously fast 26 Classic "Wings" next door by any chance?Wow thanks for the offer Grady, I'll take you up on that one if I can get over there in the next year or two. Trouble is that by then yours might be the famously fast boat by the sound of thingsgrady wrote: See? Let me know when you are coming and I will get you on the boat!!!!!!!! It is a lot of fun racing against him and after many years of tuning my boat and me I have beat him some. He acually told me this year that I am starting to scare him.![]()

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I notice your boat (sorry I can't read the name) and Wings are both carrying 150 genoas - Wings hanked on and your on a furler, if I am seeing things correctly. My 100% headsail has disintgrated because the PO had the boat on a mooring and had no UV protection on the jib - he only used the 100% because he said he could not handle the 150. I am currently setting mine up with the 150 on the CDI FF2 furler, but I am concerned that there will be a lot of slack in the luff. Next step is to replace all the rigging and tension it up correctly with a Loos gauge - hopefully I can then use the 150 as my only headsail.grady wrote:...................
Probably not famous but it does realy good for an S model. This pic was at the end of this years wedsnday night races. I beat him to the mark and he finaly caught me half way down wind because I was single handing and not flying the spin.
How do you find the 150 goes on the furler?
(In its own way I guess this brings us back to the post topic
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Oh yes, Sorry about the thread hijack! No it is a hank on also. It was a used UK I purchased from Masheadsailing Gear I have purchased some of my sails from them and they are exactly as advertized. It is just a gamble if they have what you are looking for. My good regata sails were custom from Doyle. Roller fuler would be nice but it will slow the boat down.cruiser wrote:I notice your boat (sorry I can't read the name) and Wings are both carrying 150 genoas - Wings hanked on and your on a furler, if I am seeing things correctly. My 100% headsail has disintgrated because the PO had the boat on a mooring and had no UV protection on the jib - he only used the 100% because he said he could not handle the 150. I am currently setting mine up with the 150 on the CDI FF2 furler, but I am concerned that there will be a lot of slack in the luff. Next step is to replace all the rigging and tension it up correctly with a Loos gauge - hopefully I can then use the 150 as my only headsail.grady wrote:...................
Probably not famous but it does realy good for an S model. This pic was at the end of this years wedsnday night races. I beat him to the mark and he finaly caught me half way down wind because I was single handing and not flying the spin.
How do you find the 150 goes on the furler?
(In its own way I guess this brings us back to the post topic)
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Guess my eyes are not that clever. I was thinking you must be doing something really special to sometimes outpace Wings if you had a furler and he had hanked on! Not sure what I think of furlers until I finally replace the standing rigging and get it all tuned up. My 150 is a custom made Doyle but I don't think it has had a whole lot of use.grady wrote:Oh yes, Sorry about the thread hijack! No it is a hank on also. It was a used UK I purchased from Masheadsailing Gear I have purchased some of my sails from them and they are exactly as advertized. It is just a gamble if they have what you are looking for. My good regata sails were custom from Doyle. Roller fuler would be nice but it will slow the boat down.
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I'm not that far from you. I just purchased my Mac. She'll be on Medina Lake this spring.grady wrote: This was the trip to worst fest at canyon lake. I race with and against him all summer.

