Olympic Sailing - interesting paper

Originally posted by JimC Thing is its not that hard to make a boat that will get round a course in any weather: you just make it big, heavy, clunky, stable and slow with small sails. Slow is the most important bit, in high winds speed gets you in trouble faster than human reactions can get you out.

The Finn is not slow - check the PY against Scorpions, Larks, RS 200s etc etc are they slow ?

Its both fast in the light and in big breeze

The sails are massive too

Yes its seaworthy but that's the whole point I was making ?

Thing is its not that hard to make a boat that will get round a course in any weather: you just make it big, heavy, clunky, stable and slow with small sails.

Slow is the most important bit, in high winds speed gets you in trouble faster than human reactions can get you out.

Always worth watching again! 

Originally posted by chris_wht Originally posted by Sam.Spoons That "Bangin' The Corners" vid somebody posted a link to was about as good as it gets...... this and the 18footerstv coverage, particularly when killo and mark heeley (sp) were doing it a couple of years back. Knowledgeable but off-beat, and no dumbing down for an passing audience that isnt there.

I think this clip from question of sport a couple of weeks ago may sum it up

question of sport - giles scott