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Author: Kerry Lehman (kdlservi...@bigpond.com) contact the author
Subject: Tuna in Sydney
Info: (2535 views) Posted: Tuesday 4-27-10 05:36:27 PM
I Race\ sail a Santana 22 in Sydney Australia the yachts havn't been built here for a number of years hence when i race it is in a mixed division of mainly Hood 23s for all you tuna owners out there I have done many things to my tuna probably because I'm not defined by class from the following you will see its all about how fast I can make a tuna go also the yachts here were built a little differant than the ones in the USA we have an inner forestay to help stop mast pump and lucky for me the keel bolts started out as stainless the only thing I would like to know is can i have an explanation on Fairing the keel and hull if we are talking smooth then shes like a babies bum if not can you explain the following is a list of changes possibly you could use some without upsetting the one class such as the spiunacker pole mounting 1/ mounting my spinacker pole on the boom similar to skiffs hence I can put my pole up and down without ever going forward of the mast 2/.I have also,lengthened the mast 3'6"making her more competive in light winds plus I now fly a Etchell spinacker and'fully battened main. 3/I've moved the travaeller forward to just in front of the steering position where I think in your articles you call a barney this means I control the traveller rather than the main sheet in gusts seldom needing to release the main sheet 4/ stripped out the interier and replaced with lightweight materails including total removal of the front V berth in lightening her she now rides 5 inches above her orginal waterline

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