Vento Solare has a new North Sails 2022 Class A2 spinnaker that we used the first day at the Cedar Point OD regatta where we were not happy with how it projected. It was a light air day (winds less than 8 kts). The 2nd day we used the North Sails 2016 Class A2 spinnaker and liked how it projected better but winds were 10 to 12 kts. I asked Will Welles to sail with us after the regatta to check the cut. On 7 July we went out in 10-12 kts wind and flew both spinnakers. The results show the 2022 spinnaker performs better than the 2016 spinnaker. Will indicated that in light air, the new spinnaker with AirX 650 material may seem “stiff” in light air until broken in.
Draft stripe pictures were taken for the main and jib going upwind.
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Happy Birthday Sarah at Cedar Point!
The crew after awards. 2nd in Class, 1st in team race, 2nd in Appetizer presentation.
Rory, Maddie, Bill, Cindy & Kathy
Bill, great document presentation. Even for me it's a good refresher.
I was on the water this past Saturday and Sunday. Defiantly bring layers.
It started out warm on land, was nice on the water, was pretty cold after the first hour and that was at 3pm.
Looking forward to meeting some of the new people.
A great day to be out sailing for the 2024 maiden voyage. We helped Blue Skies pushed off the dock at 1100, then were soon underway. We put up the main and unfurled the jib on a reach as soon as we were clear of Borden Light Marina. SOG was 9+ knots for a portion of the trip. We arrived at the Navy Marina at 1320 - pretty good time!
The delivery crew: Scott, Burch, Jack, Steve & Bill![](https://vs.j109.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/delivery_crew-1024x771.jpg)