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Hot on the heels of the exciting, yet insanely expensive, Fast40 class, there has recently been an announcement of the formation of a "HP30" class.
In essence it's a bit of a weird announcement. They're not really proposing anything more than a new IRC class for boats hitting minimum DLR, maximum weight and maximum size criteria whilst also mandating an Aysmmetric. Nothing that any series organiser couldn't have done, and indeed are encouraged to do by IRC. (But don't... the slightly odd sportsboat class at Cowes notwithstanding).
But, I like the idea. Group boats that IRC hates together, and they're all equally disadvantaged so can have good racing. Good plan. Encourage more owners to buy this sort of boat, by giving them good racing with relatively evenly matched boats. Give the sailors of this sort of boat a "unified" voice, and a focus. And possibly most importantly, a calendar.
Interesting times....
https://www.facebook.com/HP30-Class-198578643828552/?fref=ts
In essence it's a bit of a weird announcement. They're not really proposing anything more than a new IRC class for boats hitting minimum DLR, maximum weight and maximum size criteria whilst also mandating an Aysmmetric. Nothing that any series organiser couldn't have done, and indeed are encouraged to do by IRC. (But don't... the slightly odd sportsboat class at Cowes notwithstanding).
But, I like the idea. Group boats that IRC hates together, and they're all equally disadvantaged so can have good racing. Good plan. Encourage more owners to buy this sort of boat, by giving them good racing with relatively evenly matched boats. Give the sailors of this sort of boat a "unified" voice, and a focus. And possibly most importantly, a calendar.
Interesting times....
https://www.facebook.com/HP30-Class-198578643828552/?fref=ts