The J/109 Class Association Forum

I know this will horrify many puritan racers on this site, but, Craig, for cruising purposes I use a 10kg Delta Anchor with 50m 8mm chain and a (removable) electric windlass and bow roller.
This way I pass relaxed nights outside ports here in the Mediterranean. The downside is that it's hard in the ...

Chris,
thanks again.

I've looked into the IMS rule again.

"Appendix 9-Cruiser/Racer Heavy Items Pitch Gyradius Allowance Scheme", says that "....a gyradius increment of 0.0005*CANOEL will be credited PROVIDED THE FURLER IS USED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ONE HEADSAIL ONLY. ...".
This can be ...

Chris,
thanks, that's very clear+usefull.
As you can imagine I am completely new to handicapped racing, and was very envyous of the one-design 109 competition I thought you had all around the US. Well, at least I'm not alone, it seems.

One problem we have with the IMS handicap rule here is that ...

Hey there,
I was reading your thread about Genoa vs Jib.
When you talk about n.1 what do you refere to? You mean the class n.1 Genoa, which, if i'm not mistaken is a 105% of the J, or you refer to something larger?
Here in Italy we don't have many 109s so we race in IMS (very bad rating due ...

Hi all,
I'm a fresh 109 owner and was wondering what anchor weight is adequate for a the 109, in the opinion of users.
Thanks for any advice,
Ciao,
Alex