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The America's Cup boats of earlier eras were very close to, and often a normal example of, the boats that the average big-boat sailor...

Having spent a (long) lifetime around boats, I suspect the reason that few women contribute to this forum is the "laddish" behaviour...

I think that's a given to be honest. Where the Js, and even the 12s, have enjoyed a long retirement as (very) rich persons plaything...

Maybe if you want to comment about the habits of today an incident from before I was even born is not the best to use as an example.

A pedant writes... They actually swapped out at 4-1, and continued to lose races, but just without the bizare tactical calls...

I wouldn't bother with any surgery until after you've flown it. Especially as it's not all that wide. Suspect it'll go downwind...

My wife no. Whilst she's an extremely capable member of the race crew, she didn't sail before we met and hasn't done very much cruising...

I don't think this forum is representitive. We have very few women participating here for this very reason.

I think so. But Mozzy was also making the point that dropping the bow in is often accompanied by a loss of rudder grip, and that the...

I think imersion is literally how far down in the water it is. Trade off is if it's deep there is extra drag, but if it's shallow...

Yes, they did say that. For which audience did they say that I wonder..... The details of what they do to mode the boats for wind and...

I think with the gates you already give the following boat the option to split at both ends of the course. When the breeze is up like...

Disagree there. Give a wider course and you'll just get 1 tack beats.

In many ways it's incredible that 2 teams working completely independently have produced two such incredibly evenly match boats. The...