Börni
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With only 3 month to, I wonder what´s the progress with the different teams? Any updates? What about the boat developments? All very secret this time...
For me, the wing is the vital ingredient. Consider that some of the sailors are already Olympic standard and that others have been doing it long enough to be seriously good, most would say that without a wing, you would be so far behind it's not worth showing up, however good you are.So, um, silly question - how fast is a C Class? Compared to an F18 or T? Is a wing an essential item, or just a bit of geeky fun? I guess I'm wondering whether an Olympic level crew could compete in a budget boat against a state of the art design sailed by a good-but-not-Olmpic-standard crew?
My loose calcs from last LAC showed that Moth is faster around a course in anything over 7 knots, same with GC32 or other foiling cats in that size range. C gets smoked downhill.It all depends on how fast everyone really is rather than how fast they say they are.
We definitely crush T Cats, so by extension F-18s and anything else that doesn't foil.
Reports from the foiling cats are so glowing that I'm skeptical.
I cannot recall being passed by anything that wasn't another C Cat.... or 55 feet long.
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Could be easily tested, there's a moth fleet just a few miles away with some pretty good sailors. I don't know what the #'s are, but my guess is that the moth would need more than 7 kts to not look too ridiculous. When are you shipping your boats Steve?Yeah I have seen the numbers as well.
I just never experienced them.
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hahahahaIf an M32 beats a moth, would not a top of the line C?