Tiger Trophy

We came up against Atom Bomb prior to hewr being sold and more recently the GT60 of Pete Barton and feel that in above 8 - 12 knots, these 2 boats are capable of sailing to below 900. Bearing in mind the Tiger is all about winner takes all, believe 920 to be fair and if Pete or another top T foiler Cherub turns up, generous. However, their undoing will be the International Moths as they will be even quicker and when sailing off 800 in a force 3 upwards to force 5 unbeatable. So the B14s and 29er fleets have got to hope for either light winds and slow A Rater or very windy conditions and slow Fireballs and 420s. Whatever the conditions, one or other extreme will come to the fore. One thing the larger classes (B14 13 + 5 MPS boats, 29 20+ boats) have to look forward to, is winning your group fleet and hope for the best with the rest .

Hector will no doubt be hiding amongst the 29er fleet rather than Vortex or Fireball. See you there, at least it won't be Xenon sailing !!

With entries close to closing, it will be interesting to see if they hit the 250 boats.

skiffybob very true we can all boast about things about how fast boats are!!!

its like saying a 1 litre micra could smoke a ferrari its just a claim.

cherubs are fast downwind but not many race courses are just downwind 12ft of water line isnt quick upwind simple fact.

years ago fireballs used to have a lightwind handicap and heavy wind handicap but that was unfair so all the handicaps were aligned into 1. iof the tiger is well windy then everyone will complain about the 420 handicap end of.