Re: [bolger] One Design Racer -Intn'l Offshore Suite 14ft Proposal on Web
Roger Dewhurst wrote:
perhaps it could be done once to meet class rules and then again if the
class examiners think substantial changes have been made since the last
check?
Chris
>Now THAT would make an interesting race starting technique ...
> At 14:08 15/04/00 +1100, you wrote:
> >
> >On a more serious note, the SF surely passes the class's 90 degree tilt,
> >40lb on the masthead, recovery test, but it sure looks like it would be
> >stable upside down! Especially if the bulb keel happened to be retracted
> >at the time, or broke off in the roll.
> >
> >Chris
> >
>
> ...
> Five meters is better and six is more like common sense. I would have one
> rule only beside the length. The boat must be turned upside down (180
> degree roll), fully loaded, sails up and ready to go, before the race
> starts. If it does not turn the right way up it does not start!
perhaps it could be done once to meet class rules and then again if the
class examiners think substantial changes have been made since the last
check?
Chris