LEs,
<br>1. I see your pics in the CAT HOUSE site. Nice
<br>2. I need to pick your brain,..ok?
<br>3. I am 230 dry,....so after all the gear and getting wet there is more weight,...right?
<br>4. I sail a I-17,.....not the R (...in my area, I can barely hold this one down,....I could not imagine MORE sail area..!)
<br>5. No spin (...the next step,....next year)
<br>6. Again, I need your advice.
<br>7. I have found leaving the Main Set,...and travelling down, to get that 'groove'. When a 'blast' comes,..I will steer up,...which works,...but I am sacrificing speed(..I can feel it),...then as the 'blast' passes I just steer down a clock or 2 to get the hull 'skimming'....am I chickening out?
<br>8. In St. Croix, summer is 15mph (+/-3).....in the Winter it is 20 (+/- 5),...most of the races ( Rolex, BVI, St.Croix International,St. Martin Heinekin, Puerto Rico Heinekin)
<br>9. I am the Only I-17 in fleet, The only boat I have not beat is a tricked out P-19MX with a semi pro driver., The N5.8, P19, H16,TheMightyHobie18, H18M,...the I-17 got them all.
<br>10. What drives me crazy is the I-20,...they just sit with one hull up all the time (..I was on one yesterday,...in calm waters,...when on the wire, I kept losing balance??)
<br>11.. Les, Remember, in a 3 foot Caribbean wave, that is 3 feet up and 3 feet down...6 feet total dimension,.....one my be 3,...the next 10 may be 2,...then next 2 are 4 footers,...on and on and on
<br>Thanks1
<br>Bruce Andryc
<br>#50 I-17
<br>St. Croix<br><br>