Do you want to hang your hat on this one too?
Yes and no. Maybe I should have been more specific. The earlier ones had a round spreader bar rather than a foil with the smaller jib sheeting to the front crossbeam on a track (not really a self tacker but worked like one.) What I meant by the square top was rating him as a N/A due to larger sail area with the sq top main. With that clarification, yes, I will hang my hat on that along with my underwear
Lee,
If my memory serves me correctly the original NACRA 6.0 did not come with a bow foil/spreader. They had the conventional style bridal wire to forestay configuration. It was set up very similar to the NACRA 5.8 for which it was designed after.
In looking at the Murray's catalog they have two offerings for the 6.0 bridal wire and specify the NA bridal foil as one of them. Why are they offering this?
From what I understand, before the NA version, Randy Smyth developed aftermarket 6.0 and called it the Express. This was done to compensate for the anemic sail plan on the original 6.0. I beleive it had a bigger square top main and genneaker style jib, and that is where some MAY have used a bridal foil “round spreader” bar.
Regarding Wet Kitty he was rated as NACRA 6.0NA with the 5% square top (which was a gift) and the spinnaker hit. We gave him credit for carrying a smaller jib by inverting the penalty number.
I'll confirm this with Jack on Tuesday.
