Oh yes, family matters are surely involved ;-)
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take care VigoLaser, let me know if there are interesting races around there, I may join.
Since when did the yngling have massive world wide appeal? Everyone I know of who's ever sailed one just says they're uncomfortable and slow!....either way, it has to have MASSIVE world wide appeal to become Olympic class, or be created especially for the Olympics
And where have you seen fleets of them, excluding the olympic trials?
yes this is true ... but just think a new sail with a carbon top section mmmmmmmmm...among other things, I can think of a lot more that could do to be added
trust me, 470's and Stars are athleatic, they are straight leg hiking in both of them, and the skippers on 470's no longer use mainsheet cleats, and thats a huge main!
the mainsheet on a star is similar to a laser, but it is a double purchase, it has a grose and fine tune, so you have the two tails at your mainsheet block, so I think it has more purchase than a laser
I never been good at figuring out all the purchase ratios, sorry if I'm wrong
The double mainsheet doesn't stop at the aft end of the boom; it goes through a pulley and goes back forward to mid boom and down to another ratchet and a double cleat. This lets you sheet in faster at the leeward mark and on gybes.
are olimpic races bigger than world champ races
are olimpic races bigger than world champ races
Huge cost implication for tiny gains - Finn?
You're correct GBR. I was replying (with tongue in cheek a bit) to a post by Ross B
I've though of doing a center traveler, it can be done.
It would be nice to have a track traveler like the Europe or Finn, which would be best. But the easiest, least amount of modifications way would be to do a Y Bridle, like on 420's and other small dinghies, just need to drill a small hole on each side before the cockpit grab rails, add a block, and your good to go. Might need to tie a backing plate to the end inside of the hull for support, but thats it.
And I do beleive it would work, the mast and boom should be strong enough
I've though of doing a center traveler, it can be done.
It would be nice to have a track traveler like the Europe or Finn, - -
And I do beleive it would work, the mast and boom should be strong enough