Hi all,
Having been racing competitively now for a few seasons in the Radial now and looking to get into one of the RYA Squads at some point in the year and had some questions about the hull.
My Sail number is 136077 and is about 1988, the hull is scratched a little but not nearly as much as it could be for a boat of that age, on top of this I have sanded the worst ones and polish it occasionally (about once every 2 months) so I reckon the bottom is in pretty good nick. I have a new racing-only sail, the new controls etc with complete Harken fit out on it aswell as a new top section (result of a very windy day)
My Question is- How much faster would I be with a brand new (i.e- 190000 or 200000 range) boat? This is for all round performance so I will be spending a lot of sailing time at Hayling, WPNSA, Grafham Water and am based at Farmoor- so big mix of Inland and sea venue.
and yes, I am spending as much time as I can possibly get out on the water aswell
Thanks,
PiersHS
Be sure to check out my blog- phsracing.wordpress.com
Having been racing competitively now for a few seasons in the Radial now and looking to get into one of the RYA Squads at some point in the year and had some questions about the hull.
My Sail number is 136077 and is about 1988, the hull is scratched a little but not nearly as much as it could be for a boat of that age, on top of this I have sanded the worst ones and polish it occasionally (about once every 2 months) so I reckon the bottom is in pretty good nick. I have a new racing-only sail, the new controls etc with complete Harken fit out on it aswell as a new top section (result of a very windy day)
My Question is- How much faster would I be with a brand new (i.e- 190000 or 200000 range) boat? This is for all round performance so I will be spending a lot of sailing time at Hayling, WPNSA, Grafham Water and am based at Farmoor- so big mix of Inland and sea venue.
and yes, I am spending as much time as I can possibly get out on the water aswell
Thanks,
PiersHS
Be sure to check out my blog- phsracing.wordpress.com