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Peter
Three Wishes, our 1983 h34, beat the fleet in our modest Club series this summer. I offer this as encouragement as much as to boast!We sport a roller-furled triradial mylar 153, (we don't race w/ spinnaker in this series), a dacron main with two reef points. We rely on a whisker pole for the downwind legs (where we get our butts kicked), and use a barber hauler, and the backstay adjuster depending on point of sail and wind.But most of all we have a brilliant tactician (who will remain anonymous to protect us from piracy) who has uncanny ability to read and anticipate the wind opportunities as they develop throughout a race. We race on Long Island Sound where choosing the right time to tack is the only way way to beat a Frers 33, no matter what the Handicapper gives you.Good luck to all, may your next season be as successful as ours.Peter CampbellThree WishesWestport, CT