Two more join our Premier Division in King's Cup

The updated Entries List, for the King's Cup, has two more boats, Big A a Swan 55/53 (wot, can't make up your mind, Nautor?) and Resolution of Whitby, an Oceanis 523 that was in our division last year.

I did some calculations for the Swan 82, Chao Ren:

• DLR [Displacement to Length ratio]  The lower the better:  = 119, which is pretty good,  up there with Ker 53 (90), Class 40 (98)...  She's carbon built, which accounts for that good number.  Ours by contrast, is 171.  Oyster 56, two in our Div, is 220.

• SAD [Sail area to Displacement ratio]  The higher the better: = 26.3.  Ours is 29.0.  Comparison: Ker 53 is 38.3, Class 40 is 42.0.  Oyster 56 is 20.0.

I'm off to the Club, to check on Xena, and on ETD for delivery by Grant and the Boyz to Phuket. And to pick up tickets for the Club Ball.