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Old 01-11-2010
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Wow, our first race where we didn't finish dead last. 12th place
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Congratulations! I've yet to enter my first race after 30 years of sailing so you would probably kick my butt .
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Wow, our first race where we didn't finish dead last. 12th place
Are you still racing on Illusion? If so, tell Gary that he seems to have forgotten everything I taught him.
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No, I ended up taking an offer to go racing with my instructor on the boat I learnt to sail on. Nowhere near as competitive but a lot of fun. Considering we're a new crew and it's the boats first season so even the skipper doesn't know how to maximise our speed, I'm pretty happy with a not-last. If we can actually live up to the boats PHRF we'd be somewhere at the top, should be a fast boat, we're keeping up with (and overtaking) boats that have 6ft on us.
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Which boat? Who is the instructor? I know a few out there. PM me if you need to.
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Boat is a Martin 244, nice to sail but I don't think we're even getting 75% performance out of it at the moment (supposed PHRF of 135).
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Martin's 242 and (supposedly the 244) are great boats for banging around the buoys.. we owned a 242 for 15 years and had a blast. Capable of 12-14 knots under spinnaker (there's a rush!) and yet capable of hanging with much larger boats in a variety of conditions.

I wouldn't take one to Hawaii, but great fun boats. I imagine the 244 is a refinement, and at a PHRF of 135 vs 168 ought to be faster still.
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Get some pics up if/when you can Paul. And congrats on the race!
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Is the 244 one of the Jib Set boats? I have seen one at Port Sidney.
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Indeed it is, here's the one we race, Martin 244 in victoria 
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