Results via Sunfishworlds.com
I have a strange (random) question for you though - when I visit Sunfishworlds.com using Firefox on my Mac, it only shows the first (2) posts: tuning & day 1.
BUT, when I visit the same site using Safari on my Mac, it shows a new post: day 2.
Any reason why that happens?
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Sorry about that. I don't know what's going on. I haven't been able to reproduce the problem. It may be a cache issue with your browser. Try holding the "shift" key and hitting enter. THat may do it. If not, close out the browser and re-open.
Eric,
Can you tell us more about the rudder issue please? Were the 'off' blades from another boat and shipped by mistake? Or is LP considering a rudder change independent of the class?
I see that son Ard is beating his Dad, Cor van Aanholt, former World Champion (at least up to this point; race 5). And his daughter Philipine is doing quite well also.
BTW, you are sailing very well; keep it up...
Thanks again for making this series interesting for the websailors.
Thanks Rick for the detailed explanation.
PS: The top Laser guys and gals (Page Railey is an example) blunt the trailing edge of the blade a bit (within the class rules). Supposedly, that gives better flow dynamics (they say).
Actually I think the guess is off. The difference was with the profile of the upper leading edge. On the bad ones the edge was rounded, which made the rudder *slightly* bigger, however downwind they seemed to cause a vortex of some kind in the water, at times making steering very difficult (no resistence). 18 of the boats had these off-kilter rudders. I was one of them. So was Paul John Patin and David Mendelblatt. I don't think it made a big of difference in the scores.