First sail of Burberry Ocean Racing took place this weekend in San Diego's Mission Bay. Great sail and we gathered lots of tuning info. Breeze was a consistent 4-6 with occasional 7-8 puffs down the course. Upwind speed and pointing was good. We saw tacking angles of about 80 degrees for optimum upwind speed. With dead down fastest off the wind. We tested this over a wide range of tuning and rig settings. What this should mean is the boat is fairly forgiving and will be a tactical boat for the owner. Harken blocks performed flawlessly, with the exception of the mainsheet block. The line would slip out of the sheave. We have since fixed this by locking the block upright. It hasn't reoccurred since.
We had some technical difficulties. With the GoPro, but promise footage soon! Thanks to
hbrcsailboats.com,
beckwithracingyachts.com, and GoPro
Stay tuned for our next update.
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