Visted Albury to race a few canoes including National Champ Hayden Virtue.
He won 4 out of 5 races with vastly superior upwind speed. I beat him only once with a downwind finish speed burst, and on only one other occasion got past him at a leeward mark.
But I was happy with my stage of development knowing that Hayden is the best in Aust and up there near the top of the world as well.
At least I managed 3 full races without swims in some challenging and gusty conditions, only relapsing once I got very cold and a little tired.
Speed improvements are needed to the LOG. We found that the similar rig on my former Moth, Chainsaw, improved dramatically with some diamonds to prevent side bend, so this will be my first experiment. I have to sort out the luff zip / unrig requirements, but first I will see if it makes the required difference.
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http://www.internationalcanoe.yachting.org.au/?page=32413
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