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Generally weighing is only done at National or Regional Champions with a scale hung from an A-frame or a hoist. Weight include mast, boards, standing and running rigging.

Until I raced at the Wurstfest Regatta in 2011, I hadn't raced in about 30 years. There was a lot I had forgotten in those years. Still interested in doing some racing, and would be interested in the circuit of races that Bob Hunkins is thinking about for the Southwest region. My experience so far (from the Wurstfest Regatta) is that the DS1's (and everyone else probably) are faster than my boat. But then, I need new sails (for racing) and to get that old bottom paint (see photo of me capsized, viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4087&start=15) cleaned off. I'm also planning on adding the barber inhaulers. My boat has been set up for events like the Texas 200, but I have tried to keep my boat "legal" for racing against other Day Sailers. I built a new rudder head for the Tx200 to get more of the rudder blade out of the water when beaching. Now of course, it would be interesting to combine the two types of events and get enough Day Sailers together to have a 5 leg/200 mile race up the Texas coast.

John

Where would be the best place to buy numbers to stick on your sails for a race?

thanks SD

I bought my numbers at the Sailboat Shop http://yoursailboatshop.com/ in Austin and had them put on by Bartlett Sails near Lake Travis http://bartlettsails.com/ . Bartlett probably has the numbers also.

John

Putting on numbers yourself isn't particularly difficult
Make sure to get the right size.

The size and location shall conform to the current US Sailing RRS
specifications for display of sail numbers and class emblem, except that number
dimensions shall be 12 inches high x 8 inches wide x 2 inches thick.

here are the relevant sections of Appendix G of the RRS:

...sail numbers shall when possible be wholly
above an arc whose center is the head point and whose radius
is 60% of the leech length. They shall be placed at different
heights on the two sides of the sail, those on the starboard side
being uppermost.

The DS logos (both sides) go above the sail numbers if the logo didn't already
come with your sail.

sail number(s) shall be displayed on the
front side of a spinnaker but may be placed on both sides. They
shall be displayed wholly below an arc whose centre is the
head point and whose radius is 40% of the foot median and,
when possible, wholly above an arc whose radius is 60% of the
foot median.

GL on those measurements, where is the head point on the sail?

I sent my main off to be cleaned, re resined , batton pockets repaired, and a reef point put in. I thought I would put the numbers on myself, but I may call and if he has'nt sent it back yet get numbers put on up there

If he has already sent them, I may get Bartlet to do it.

Thanks SD

The "head" is the "top"

Look at photos to see where the numbers wind up relative to the battens, that tells you more than words.

Avoid seams.

A./

My 1973 DSII Has Styrofoam stringers That were fiber glassed in. They each had a weep hole just aft of the centerboard trunk. One of them should have never been installed as it looks like it was damaged before it was installed. Both were broken at the weep hole. The boat was oil caning like crazy. I cut the cockpit sole out aft of the center board trunk and fiber glassed schedule 80 electrical conduit to the stringers, then replaced the cockpit sole. I imagine all DSIIs are dmaged in a similar way. My repair was only partly successful as the starboard side bottom is still very flexibile amd will always be.