So only John/Charlie and Mitch/Pim went for the Code 0.
Let's wait and see how it will perform in the light and medium conditions (the forecast for the first two races is 15-20 knots). There is a general consensus that it may be an handicap in 11 to 18 knots, but over it may be again competitive.
This is an excerpt from today The Dailysail:
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The forecast is critical to the call, with much fresher winds expected at the weekend. One Chinese forecast predicted 20 knots on Saturday and, accurate or not, this could still validate the Code 0 choice. Opinions differ about the gennaker’s precise optimum operating range, but 5-11 knots upwind seems to be the consensus. After that the Code 0 is short of grunt downwind, until the wind increases to the late teens when the small 18sqm gennaker boats can sail as fast as Tornadoes carrying conventional full-sized 25sqm spinnakers.
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