XDC
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http://mobile.roundtheisland.org.uk...&style=mob&override=§ion=mobile&page=news
Just when I was going to buy an A22
Just when I was going to buy an A22
Alacrity 18 bilge keeler wins RTI !
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Seajet
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That is utterly brilliant, Jo Richards clearly has great local knowledge but even so an amazing achievement :encouragement:
Kukri
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The sort of brilliant result that keeps people coming back.
PeterV
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But it's not a bilge keeper is it. Hull of an Alacrity, bilge keels and deck cut off, replaced by the fin keel and deck off a racing yacht, carbon racing rig added and a T foil rudder. I think it would beat a bilge keeper quite easily!
Kukri
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Seajet
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A surprising way to go, he would indeed have been better off modifying an early Anderson 22 ( big keelcase so suited for racing not so much cruising, I know of one going with deck still unattached, also one of the two fin keel models built which cleaned up in racing on the Clyde, going very cheap ) which has a much better hull shape than an Alacrity - still he did OK !
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stevebrassett
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How on earth do they work out the handicap for a boat like that? Past results?
XDC
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The real story is so much more interesting. Some lazy journalism there.
Good grief. You’re not kidding about the lazy journalism.
PeterV
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It's raced in the IRC, so the rating is measurement based.
stevebrassett
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Thanks, Peter.
Seajet
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I would love to see the details of that measurement process...
XDC
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The link that I referred to has changed slightly but this is what it said
“Local boat Eeyore, an Alacrity 18 Bilge Keel from Cowes, has laid claim to the prestigious Gold Roman Bowl, winning this year’s Round the Island Race after a long tactical day on the water.
With a crew of just three: skipper Jo Richards and his friends David Rickard and Duncan De Boltz, the 18 foot bilge keel was the smallest boat in the race.”
I just wonder where the writer actually got the information from as I have absolutely no knowledge of Alacrity’s other than what I read in the report .. 18’ and bilge keel.
Really odd
“Local boat Eeyore, an Alacrity 18 Bilge Keel from Cowes, has laid claim to the prestigious Gold Roman Bowl, winning this year’s Round the Island Race after a long tactical day on the water.
With a crew of just three: skipper Jo Richards and his friends David Rickard and Duncan De Boltz, the 18 foot bilge keel was the smallest boat in the race.”
I just wonder where the writer actually got the information from as I have absolutely no knowledge of Alacrity’s other than what I read in the report .. 18’ and bilge keel.
Really odd
BabySharkDooDooDooDooDoo
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Yachts and Yachting still reporting it as a 'vanilla' Alacrity 18
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/219203/Eeyore-wins-Gold-Roman-Bowl
Out of 1,200 odd entries less than a quarter made it to finish line this year. There were some complaints about start times on these forums last year when a similar thing happened
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/219203/Eeyore-wins-Gold-Roman-Bowl
Out of 1,200 odd entries less than a quarter made it to finish line this year. There were some complaints about start times on these forums last year when a similar thing happened
PeterV
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I would love to see the details of that measurement process...
You can find out a bit by looking up the IRC rating process. On th official site the boat is described as 'design type' Alacrity 18 bilge keel. This would have been provided by the owner on the entry form, so it's not surprising that's what's been reported. Alacrity 18 modified out of all recognition isn't so interesting. There's a naval saying, 'never spoil a good dit with the truth.'
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Kukri
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I may be out of line with most people but I would love to read an article by or an interview with the owner setting out the design process and the intended rating, whether that rating was achieved and the reasoning behind each modification.
I find the idea of someone choosing a sixties pocket cruiser as the basis for a 2010s competitive racer fascinating.
https://www.rushallsailing.com/racing-small-keelboats/
I find the idea of someone choosing a sixties pocket cruiser as the basis for a 2010s competitive racer fascinating.
https://www.rushallsailing.com/racing-small-keelboats/
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Seajet
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Yes considering the huge modifications and presumably great deal of money spent on a questionable base design there must be a good story there on the ' why on earth ? ' sort of basis...
anoccasionalyachtsman
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2nd in class RTI 2017
Gold Roman in 2019.
That sort of basis. He's a talented designer with a sense of humour. Light airs = small boat win. Make the smallest possible boat go fast.
Seajet
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But starting with a twin keel Alacrity rather than say at a similar size and much better hull shape a Hunter 19 - would seem an odd choice, so yes there's a story there.
Kukri
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The Hunter 19 exists because Peter Poland asked Oliver Lee for a Squib with a lid so he could go JOG racing. So perhaps a rather similar story.
Seajet
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And a much slipperier hull than an Alacrity, see ' Very Willing Griffin ' by the late David Blagden.
Of course I am biased towards Oliver Lee designs - the Anderson 22 is an improved rip-off of the Hunter 701 - but I'd defy anyone to look at an Oliver Lee design as she hangs in the hoist and say I'm wrong, the A22 from underneath always reminds me of a killer whale Orca.
Of course I am biased towards Oliver Lee designs - the Anderson 22 is an improved rip-off of the Hunter 701 - but I'd defy anyone to look at an Oliver Lee design as she hangs in the hoist and say I'm wrong, the A22 from underneath always reminds me of a killer whale Orca.