Beating J/70s

[Jason Hyerstay]

Did you say epoxylips?

Drew, save this for another boat name.

[Justin Scott]

I think you would have to call it

"Epoxylips Now"

and still people wouldn't get it.

[Jason Hyerstay]

Ok, finally a proper way to beat a J/70:

http://lcyc.info/files/2013_B_Series.html#r1sportboat

Not only were we planing every downwind leg, we managed to latch onto the stern wave of a J/122 and surf our way up to their stern, then heat it up, pass them, break overlap, and round ahead! Even with an extra upwind leg, we still beat them overall.

Now those pesky J/29s… Maybe we could have worked harder upwind and Boomer might not have caught us on corrected.

jason

[Peter Beardsley]

Congrats Jason!  And you owe it all to this thread...great improvement in one week.  :-)

[Jason Hyerstay]

Thanks! The windspeed helped. I still want to spend some time rig tuning. :)

http://vimeo.com/hyerstay/surfing

Thanks to Jeff Hill on J/122 Dunder for the video!

[Drew Harper]

Thanks! The windspeed helped. I still want to spend some time rig tuning. :)

http://vimeo.com/hyerstay/surfing

Thanks to Jeff Hill on J/122 Dunder for the video!

Hard to tell from that angle, but the jib looks strapped. The tighter it is, the more it'll f-up the kite's ability to breathe.