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CAL 9.2
I was able to do a bit more research. There were three versions of this boat. The early boats had iron ballast and were a bit tender. The later models had lead keels and were more stable. The iron keels were intended to help with the 9.2''s IOR rating. The Lead keel boats had better preformance and do better in PHRF. Then there was an R model. The standard boats had Kenyon masts and the R models had Hall spars. The Hall spars were better for racing. Other up grades were adjust on the fly jib sheet leads as the jib leads need to be changed with velocity changes.
The boats that were raced had the "aircraft liners" removed for safe keeping otherwise the flexing of the boats would crack them up. If this was a permanent change the insides of the glass were often painted.
These are tough boats to race competitively but it can be done.
Good luck
Jeff
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