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From: Gregory J. Mitchell (grmitche@cisco.com)
Date: Wed 15 Sep 1999 - 15:39:07 BST
Dave,
This is a very good reason to wait. And a good reason to start testing to see if there are the expected performance and handling gains.
Greg
At 10:03 AM 09/15/1999 +0100, Spragg, David wrote:
>> Keeping the class stable was a desire, but tempered by a perceived need
>for
>> greater leverage against the existing sail plan. Weight surprisingly was
>not an
>> issue. While the current boats are coming in light - after small repairs,
>and
>> potentially wider racks - the weight pops right back up again.
>
>Whilst fitting wider swept-back racks might not have too serious an effect
>on the stability of a predominately Bieker fleet, in the UK we still have a
>large number of competitive boats (four of the top ten in Andy's list)
>without racks; these would be much more complex/expensive to convert. My
>worry is that these boats would be seen as another generation of
>'outclassed' boats, which will adversely affect the class's image. Would it
>be worth waiting a few more years, by which time it's likely that almost
>every competitive boat in the fleet has easily-extendable racks?
>
>Dave
>
>GBR 1372
>Mouse Bidet
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