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Is this the announcement of the total abandonment of the Compton produced foils that served our one design class for the most recent 120,000 hulls??
Will we all be forced to retrofit our boats to be competitive or will the new blades be slower and cause us to horde the old ones??
It hAS to be one or the other...
no way they can possibly be EXACTLY the same.
I notice there are two types: Standard and Elite. However I cannot see anything that say the difference. Anybody know what the different types are (maybe one "training" and one "class legal" ?).
Ian
Is this the announcement of the total abandonment of the Compton produced foils that served our one design class for the most recent 120,000 hulls??
Will we all be forced to retrofit our boats to be competitive or will the new blades be slower and cause us to horde the old ones??
It hAS to be one or the other...
no way they can possibly be EXACTLY the same.
Is this the announcement of the total abandonment of the Compton produced foils that served our one design class for the most recent 120,000 hulls??
Will we all be forced to retrofit our boats to be competitive or will the new blades be slower and cause us to horde the old ones??
It hAS to be one or the other...
no way they can possibly be EXACTLY the same.
No they can't be exactly the same, but maybe differ in areas other than performance. Perhaps durability, strength or cost.
I thought the builders had a policy of avoiding single source supply for any parts. If that is the case then might the new supplier be a 2nd source (thus, any supply problems with any one part does not stop them supplying boats as they have an alternative).
Ian
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I would love to know why Compton would "decide not to build more blades."
Any company with a reliable client who has consistently paid its bills for 30 years is unlikely to simply cut off that reliable client with no rational reason.
The lack of freely given information about this sudden need to first have an alternate supplier and now a replacement for that reliable supplier does nothing to supress my belief that there are two ugly sides to the story.
As has been said previously, the boards whilst using different materials and manufacturing processes, fall within the tolerances (stiffness, weight, etc) specified in the builders manual.
Can you please elaborate on what these tolerances are? What is the range?
Thanks. I can see the measurements here in the section on the foils, but don't see anything on the tolerances for things like stiffness. Am I looking in the wrong spot?
Those are probably in the construction manual and are not made public.
Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, I have heard (from those what know) the XTM boards make a pretty big difference on pointing and speed, so, let the arguments begin!