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My boat in 8 knots with A1.5. 8knots true is where we are competitive on w/ls. At 10 knots the symmetrical boats are 10-20 degrees lower and we have troubles. A 323 doing 6 knots VMG downwind in 8 knots?? Does it foil? Check the target speeds on the attached sheet for a J/92. Very close to real world speeds except at 18 knots and above where boats speeds are in the teens.
Laughing here, I am in the throes of closing on a J/88 and the questions are related to that boat. Until the paperwork is complete I planned on not changing my profile.
Kind of excited at the thought of planning, I have to say!!!!
I am not sure if I will have better luck than you against the symmetric boats but we sure do have a few nights with less than 8 knots true so I hope she is able to match the polars though they don't go below 6. She comes with a really big A2 and she only displaces about 5,000 lbs so I am hoping for the best. From what I can read, she is fast upwind in the light and heavy airs but mid-range I might suffer against some of the longer boats.
Most likely she is faster than I am for a while....