Also shows that the wrong boat has been used as the bulk of the fleet could not respond to their power to weight ratio (angle of apparant to true wind) downwind. Well sailed though. Should be interesting to see what boat is used next year after the analysis of the event. Notice that the current RS200 champs were not there but Ben/Toby won the RS200s in the recent past. To get a balance, they need a boat that will allow peak competitive weight of around 22.5 - 23.0 stone with 2.5 stone either side to give the right balance for the size of people sailing today. The Xenon/roto moulded boats were not the answer as they were dogs and did not carry weight, even though it was heavy, nor technically challenging. Nick/Tom at 151 kg did incredibly well when they were overweight for the boat. Dave Acres RS300 appraisal of the boat/conditions gave a good summery of what it was like for average weight teams. So the question is, what is the answer? The Ent in its day worked really well but things have moved on. Do you go assymetric or symetric. Both have tactical games of their own. The Merlin would be perfect, but would they get 20 - 25 on the line with say 4 owner driven, I think not when you see how some of the people drive the borrowed boats in very combative racing Edwin has a problem there as he needs boats that will stand up to the conditions (including mishaps), easily obtain 20 - 25 eqaul speed boats and get a headline sponsor like Hyde Sails/RS or Topper on board. Hopefully it will be sorted and we'll resume normal service next year
Posted: 15/10/2015 10:50:27 By: Barnsie | 
