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Re: Americas Cup
Posted By: Don Beale In Response To: Re: Americas Cup (Ian Johnston)
Date: Sunday, 28 November 1999, at 11:10 a.m.
If you really want competitive racing based on crew skills, look no further than one-design, in which the olympics is at the top of the heap. There are a lot of one-design fleets out there and the racing is top notch.
The point on the technology from Americas cup is well taken; remember the wing keel? Also, the BOC has given us things like movable water ballast.
I seem to recall one race where they had applied a plastic stick-on surface to the wetted surface that was like fish scales. I wonder if that is what we are referring to, and if it is available or applicable to kayaks.
> I have always thought that in a race like this the cup goes to the wrong
> people. It should go to the engineer who designed the boat or the builder
> who made it. It is much like me borrowing an Indy car and racing you in
> your family wagon and then high-fiving everyone when I win!> In order for it to go to the crew, they should have to have the best
> sailing ability. So, every boat should be built the same and a lottery
> decides which crew gets which boat and then the best skills are the only
> factor in a win.> From what I understand, that particular bateau (I'm half French!) didn't
> fair that well!> Ian
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