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    Posted: 01 October 2016 at 5:53pm
Is a 155% class legal or are we still a 153?  Be nice to not have to buy two head-sails for those of us that race PHRF at our home club .  
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The difference between a 153% and a 155 is marginal at best. The new rules spec'd the 155% as the current class genoa. You can read the rules here
http://www.laser28.org/Class.aspx?selpage=Rules
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Thanks Bill , I did read the rules but did not know what an max LP of 4.56 equated to . 
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I believe the 153% had an LP of 4.53m so that translates to a 155% genoa having an LP that is 1.18 inches greater than a 153%. Not much at all but the original rules re genoa size were meant to mirror PHRF back in the mid eighties. I believe PHRF increased max genoa size from 153% to 155% around 1994.
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