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Specific Racing Application Guide


Optimist

 

Optimist

  • Entire hull to keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Daggerboard to help slide up and down
  • Rudder to help shep kelp and seaweed
  • Boom to help sail ties slide from side to side
  • Mast step and bottom of mast to help mast rotation in light air
  • Entire mast tube so sail ties will slide freely (up and down and side to side)
  • End of boom where outhaul ties down
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface are of sail 


Olympis Laser

 

Olympic Laser

  • Entire hull to keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Daggerboard and rudder to help shed kelp
  • Mast can, bottom of mast to help mast rotation in light air
  • Entire mast tube so wet sail will slide freely (up and down and side to side)
  • End of boom where outhaul ties down
  • Entire boom vang and downhaul lines (especially for rope on rope purchase)
  • Aft deck, tiller, and traveler where tiller may rub and cause excess friction and chafing
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface surface area of sail
  • All porthole screw-down lids to help keep them clean and promote a water tight seal


Snipe

Snipe

  • Entire hull to keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Daggerboard and rudder to help shed kelp
  • All deck hardware including blocks and tracks
  • Mast track and mainsail bolt rope, mainsail foot tape for ease of movement
  • Entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of jib, and keep rigging clean
  • Coat overlapping portion of jib to prolong life of jib, and promote faster tacks
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface area of sail
  • Jib sheet barber-hauler lines
  • Whisker pole end fitting and pole launching system
  • Jib halyard purchase system (12:1 block system)
  • All porthole screw-down lids to help keep them clean and promote a water tight seal


Olympic 49er

Olympic 49er

  • Entire hull to shed excess water, keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Daggerboard and rudder to help shed kelp
  • All deck hardware including blocks and tracks
  • Mast track and mainsail luff tape for ease of movement
  • Entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of jib, and keep rigging clean
  • Coat overlapping portion of jib to prolong life of jib
  • Coat spinnaker pole to promote smoother, faster sets, gybes and takedowns
  • Coat full battens for ease of flipping from tack to tack
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface area of sail
  • Coat tacks for adjustable racks


J/22

J/22 (and similar keelboats)

  • entire hull to shed excess water, keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • keel and rudder to help shed kelp and minimize growth adhesion
  • entire spinnaker to minimize water absorption, and promote smoother, faster sets
  • forestay wire to help jib up and down smoother and easier
  • coat jib hanks to help them up and down, and easier to attach and detach
  • all deck hardware including blocks, traveler and jib tracks, spin pole end fittings
  • hatches and any other sliding components
  • mast track and mainsail luff bolt rope, mainsail foot rope for ease of
    movement
  • entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of jib, and keep
  • rigging clean (this helps to keep mainsail clean too)
  • coat overlapping portion of jib to minimize 'leech hook' and prolong life
    of sail
  • telltales and the surrounding surface
    area of sail



J/24

J/24 (and similar keelboats)

  • Entire hull to shed excess water, keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Keel and rudder to help shed kelp and minimize growth adhesion
  • Entire spinnaker to minimize water absorption, and promote smoother, faster sets
  • Forestay wire to help genoa up and down, smoother and easier
  • Coat genoa and jib hanks to help them up and down
  • All deck hardware including blocks, traveler and genoa tracks, spin pole end fittings
  • Hatches, and sliding interior sliding doors for shelves, cabinet doors
  • Mast tack and mainsail luff tape, mainsail foot tape for ease of movement
  • Entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of genoa, and keep rigging clean
  • Coat overlapping portion of jib and genoa to prolong life of sails
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface area of sail


Melges 24

Melges 24

  • Entire hull to shed excess water, keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Keel and rudder to help shed kelp and minimize growth adhesion
  • Coat spinnaker to minimize water absorption, and promote smoother, faster sets and gybes
  • All deck hardware including blocks, traveler and jib tracks
  • Mast track and mainsail luff tape, mainsail foot tape for ease of movement
  • Entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of jib, and keep rigging clean
  • Coat overlapping portion of jib to prolong life of jib
  • Coat full top and batten for ease of flipping from tack to tack
  • Backstay wire and top of mainsail leech to keep from catching on top batten during tacks and gybes
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface are of sail
  • Sliding hatches
  • All porthole screw-down lids to help keep them clean and promote a water tight seal
  • Entire spinnaker pole to minimize friction while setting and retracting pole
  • Jib furler line and related equipment
  • Kelp cutter on leading edge of keel


Mumm 30, Mumm 36, Farr 40, Corel 45 and other similar IMS models

Mumm 30, Mumm 36, Farr 40, Corel 45 and other similar IMS models

  • Entire hull to shed excess water, keep clean and repel oil deposits, dirt and grime
  • Keel and rudder to help shed kelp and minimize growth adhesion
  • Coat spinnaker to minimize water absorption, and promote smoother and faster sets
  • Coat jibs, and genoas to minimize friction during peel changes
  • Mainsail and genoa luff systems to minimize friction on hoists and drops
  • Entire mast, shrouds and spreader tips to prolong life of genoa, and keep rigging clean
  • Coat overlapping portion of genoas to prolong life
  • Telltales and the surrounding surface area of sail
  • All deck hardware including blocks, traveler and genoa tracks
  • Hatches, and sliding interior doors for shelves, cabinet doors
  • All porthole screw-down lids to help keep them clean and promote a water tight seal


Whitbread 60

Whitbread 60 (based on input from Team EF, Toshiba, and Silk Cut)

  • Fully coat all spinnakers for the race
  • Fully coat all genoas (for upwind peel changes and shed excess water)
  • Genoa luff tapes, mainsail batten cars and tracks
  • Coat their mast, boom, all standing rigging
  • Nearly all of their deck hardware
  • Telltale areas and actual telltales
  • All full battens in mainsail
  • The sailcloth outside the batten pockets to minimize abrasion from running backs, spreaders and shrouds
  • Some coat the entire hull, topsides to shed excess water, some coat specific areas on the hull, but most are coating the area around the waterline at a minimum
  • Underwater blades to help shed kelp and other contaminants




  

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