[Capri25] Looking for a Capri 25 Information Source

[Odell Tuttle]

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/manbro/Capri25TuningGuide2001.pdf

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Patrick Nowak <pnowak342 at att.net> wrote:

> I will be purchasing a Capri 25 later this month and am wondering if there
> is a collection of tuning tips, performance suggestions, and anecdotal
> information in one or more printed or online source locations that one can
> either purchase or acquire by some legitimate means.  Or, does one just go
> through the archives and glean what one can?
>
> Heretofore I have been racing, in reverse chronological order, an Alerion
> Express 33, an Alerion Express 28, and a Colgate 26 with a fair amount of
> success, winning 5 of 9 races in one of the JAM classes in the AE 33 this
> last season.
>
> I will still employ the AE 33 in our captained charter business, Nancy
> Anne Sailing Charters LLC, in Holland, MI but after a number of close calls
> last season and one minor impact with a J/27, I've decided to just use the
> AE for the day sailing charters and use the Capri 25 for the Wednesday
> night skirmishes.  The Bayshore Yacht Club Summer Series on Lake Michigan
> off of the Holland pier heads, will often have 40 boats of different sizes
> and skill levels on the course at the same time, making for some
> interesting mark roundings.
>
> We have been very fortunate in the quality of our personnel, which I posit
> is the biggest single determinate in finishing at or near the front.
> Hopefully they will be able to sail as well in one of the spinnaker
> divisions as most of them have had plenty of spinnaker experience,
> particularly back in our Colgate 26 days.  It does seem to take us a season
> to figure out what a "new" boat likes and I'm hoping to shorten that.
>
> Any suggestions of information sources for the Capri 25 would be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
> Pat Nowak
> Holland, MI
> www.nancyannesailingcharters.com
> 616-403-3896
>
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