Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Farr 400 sea trails

F400 Press 9

Here in the land of big buildings, sand and sunshine.  Boat is very new but a lot of fun to sail.  Our first outing in 15-17 knots of wind, just trying to make sure she works.  All I can say is she seems very fast and easy to sail upwind.  Nice a stiff but easy to sail through the chop.  And downwind, loves to take off.  We were hitting wind speed fairly easy.  I would compare it to a small TP type of a boat. or  M 32 that goes upwind…

F400 Press 2

Sails and Spar look quite good.  Boat is strong and stiffly built.  And the best part is, it came out light in the first weighing.  way under 4 ton in IRC measurement trim.  We will be sailing over the next few days.  Will report more later…

F400 Press 5

We plan to race this boat in Europe starting in Barcelona in May, then on to St Tropez, Valencia and ending in Palma for Copa del Rey… 

1 comment:

  1. Mr. Smith,

    Please let me know if you need an experienced trimmer (flexible to other positions) in SF.

    I started racing on 420s at Northwestern University.

    I moved to SF 5 years ago from Chicago.

    My most recent results have been:

    Main Sail Trimmer
    2010 - Won 1st place on Santa Cruz 50 in ‘Roland Wheeler’ Regatta.
    2008 - Won 1st place in division and 2nd out of 188 boats in YRA ‘Season Closer’ on Farr 40 Astra.
    2008 - Won 1st place in PV ‘Banderas Bay Blast’ on Cirque.
    2007 - Won 1st place in our division on the Beneteau 42.7 Cirque for overall Norcal season.
    Completed 4th Marathon in July 2009.

    Congrats on your success with the Great Pumpkin Race.

    Let's chat soon.

    Thanks,


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