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Pic pretty clearly shows that if C completes her tack, falling onto the same heading as BJ, she’s not left with much room before an incident. Going from the onboard and the wake lines, a tack was never completed and room was not given for her to do so.

Easy there Jack, I’m in full agreement with you. If there was any chance C could have ducked cleanly and raced on I’m sure they would have and enjoyed getting clear of that fk up. pretty Sure I also commended Herman’s work on avoiding any mess there and taking his turns for running over the...

Appeared to be both LC and W that C was calling a protest on. The timing of any call asking for room to tack would be debated. Given the talent on both W and LC you’d be surprised if W didn’t see this unfolding and be calling LC for room to tack. C, in a bad position did everything right to...

Worth another look perhaps. C tacks to give room for obstruction to BJ C cannot avoid (duck) Whisper with LC to windward. C protests W who then has to protest LC. C had nowhere to go And if they can prove they couldn’t duck both W and LC then LC will get flicked if they were asked for room and...

I stand corrected😉

@17mika has it right. Aerocets placed 1,3,7. Rest of top ten Biekers. GBR skipper in 18th sailing an Exploder.

Ride height adjuster can be done to link on top of an existing Bladerider foil. Space is tight. Use a Left and Right handed pair of bolts from a small stainless turnbuckle combined with a brass barrel.

Which part of the story was ‘Untold’ ?

Cub the year before. Rottnest with the Kid and Nod in 92/93 for you mate.

Adrienne had some fantastic seasons in the 18s with a few event wins but never managed to win the GP series. AAMI won in 92/93 which Julian would remember.

I think the issue has now become a little confused. With regards to the 18, aside from a very long time ago when an own boat may have been possible, there are as many numbers now as there have been for some time. I would suggest more of an opportunity there than chasing the very limited ringed...

Did someone mention be careful about own predjudices? Mate, it is also quite true that kids love of sailing fast boats, (I.e. ones they could easily lift without aid of a launching trolly) is what not only attracted them, but kept them in the sport and trained them perfectly to progress into and...

I think you’ve pretty much answered my base question and made clear where the push comes from…parents. Back when kids had fun it was them getting parents out of bed to get them down to the water. Nowadays a programme of deep winter coaching to be that next ‘medalist’ sees who getting who out of...

The skiff club traditions in Australia once had kids growing up with dreams of becoming stars of classes raced locally and nationally. Kids were exposed weekly to the pathways with their idols offering wisdom and the ‘odd’ well done for a good result. Any aspirations were seen as achievable to a...

Another coming to market https://youtu.be/TCn46P7LPNg

I don’t think there are any guarantees as you say on transfer, but possibly a better idea to involve and evaluate the level of knowledge crossover than dismiss it when starting a fresh project? Given what we see on ETNZs foils they believe there is a crossover. Time will tell if that’s true...

Free reign is fine if the design team have a certain level of experience in the concept on the table. As the new class was essentially a blank sheet of paper with foil systems and type massively different to the previous AC50s, were efforts made to source design minds more experienced in the...

8 years ago? Was he not heading the Alinghi cat team that got thumped in an open book design contest vs the tri? No doubt an outstanding sailor with plenty of silverware, like Ben, but in an open design context away from one design and limited fields does he(they) have the open mind to ask the...

That’s one box of many ticked off then