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Power-Assisted Sailing - the Slippery Slope

FWIW, I just scrolled through the current (5/20/25) PHRF certificate list and noted all the boats with powered winches declared, then compared those to the entry list for the SH Farallones. There are two SHF entries with powered winches: One boat with only a powered halyard winch, and Eight Ball with powered everything.

Another observation is that among all monohulls racing singlehanded, none finished this year's Three Bridge Fiasco and none with powered winches finished the Corinthian Race or Round the Rocks... except Eight Ball, who was first overall singlehanded in the RTR.

So are powered winches the problem or just one particular boat?
 
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