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Also if the boat is from 1971, and an IOR designed boat to boot, the large genoa was part of the positive of those yrs designs. They also did TALL skinny mains, as the main sail footage was a negative in the rule. So it was many times not of place to use a 180 HS for the power part of the boats equation. Where as today, many boats are coming out with fractional rigs, with the main being the bigger part, (better IMHO) with a jib being a max 110 or so. Some still have 150'ish jibs, with PHRF the current main handicap rule penalizing those with jibs over 153 or so IIRC.
Marty
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