Neeves
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Neil Pryde was said to cut the toothbrushes of crew members in half and only allow one communal tube of toothpaste on his yachts.
Jonathan
Sydney Hobart retirement reasons
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Neil Pryde was said to cut the toothbrushes of crew members in half and only allow one communal tube of toothpaste on his yachts.
Jonathan
savageseadog
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Non racers, just keep out of our way!
Yara
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The question is whether yacht racing is a sport, or a competition of who can spend the most money and use the most resources. I see a future where individuals realize that global warming will have to solved by their own behaviour, rather than blaming governments.
A simple solution to keep racing alive is then to make design rules which make the boats and equipment more robust, and shift the emphasis back to crew skills rather than money, technology and extreme weight saving. It still will not be cheap!
A simple solution to keep racing alive is then to make design rules which make the boats and equipment more robust, and shift the emphasis back to crew skills rather than money, technology and extreme weight saving. It still will not be cheap!
westernman
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You mean like the production boat class of the Mini Transat (6.50m long).
Mini Transat 6.50 - Wikipedia
According to Google you can get a new Pogo 3 for 52K Euros (excluding VAT).
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savageseadog
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Theoretically rating systems like IRC are designed to accomodate those ideas. Built into IRC is an allowance for boat age and weight. The problem is of course that IRC cannot compensate for the fact that faster is better most of the time.
Stemar
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That's normally something one hears from a red-faced skipper near the back of a Sunday round the cans race
