New women's Olympic boat

Got to be the 14. Faster than all the offerings. And with loads of history and shizz. Hope it gets selected because it would be so funny seeing the girls chasing after the lads 

Originally posted by Hobbo ..........as the Osprey proved 50 years ago, beating the rival boats over the water is no guarantee of sucess.

But the Osprey didn't beat the rival boats (if you mean the boats that were selected ie FD and 505) on the water very often. Even when the Osprey was the only boat with a trap (at the end of the first trials), she placed 5,3,6,4 to the FD's 1,1,1,1 and the Hornet's 9,2,4,3.

In 26 races against the FD, the Osprey beat the FD three times - once when the FD was sailed by someone who had never sailed it, once when the FD sailed the wrong course, and once fair and square.

In 13 races against the 505 prototype, the Osprey came out on top twice - once in the race where the FD and the 505 proto went the wrong way, and once fair and square (the same race she beat the FD in).

In the first trials the Osprey finished 4th; in the second she finished 3rd.
Like the claim that the trapeze was invented for the Osprey (the Osprey's own designer said it came frm 14s), the claim that the Osprey beat the opposition in the two IYRU trials is just wrong, yet the class keeps on making it. It's amazing how those trials in the '50s still resonate with the 5-0s and Ospreys and how little what they say has to do with the reality.



Closer to the topic; the last new singlehanded class, the RSX board, came from a builder with no track record in hulls (although it was the world's biggest sailmaker). The RSX had a disastrous start with delayed production and defective gear, despite being backed by very deep pockets in a big marketplace. That may make ISAF even more gun-shy about going with anyone but the two established mass-production builders for the women's skiff.






Edited by CT249

Originally posted by CT249 Originally posted by Hobbo ..........as the Osprey proved 50 years ago, beating the rival boats over the water is no guarantee of sucess. But the Osprey didn't beat the rival boats (if you mean the boats that were selected ie FD and 505) on the water very often. Even when the Osprey was the only boat with a trap (at the end of the first trials), she placed 5,3,6,4 to the FD's 1,1,1,1 and the Hornet's 9,2,4,3. In 26 races against the FD, the Osprey beat the FD three times - once when the FD was sailed by someone who had never sailed it, once when the FD sailed the wrong course, and once fair and square. In 13 races against the 505 prototype, the Osprey came out on top twice - once in the race where the FD and the 505 proto went the wrong way, and once fair and square (the same race she beat the FD in). In the first trials the Osprey finished 4th; in the second she finished 3rd. Like the claim that the trapeze was invented for the Osprey (the Osprey's own designer said it came frm 14s), the claim that the Osprey beat the opposition in the two IYRU trials is just wrong, yet the class keeps on making it. It's amazing how those trials in the '50s still resonate with the 5-0s and Ospreys and how little what they say has to do with the reality. Closer to the topic; the last new singlehanded class, the RSX board, came from a builder with no track record in hulls (although it was the world's biggest sailmaker). The RSX had a disastrous start with delayed production and defective gear, despite being backed by very deep pockets in a big marketplace. That may make ISAF even more gun-shy about going with anyone but the two established mass-production builders for the women's skiff.

Thanks for clearing that up, happy to admit i'm wrong, knew the trapeze bit was always bollocks but i din't think that such an unfounded "fact" could survive 50 years, though it not reallysurprising considering the size of the FD sails vs Osprey and their relative handicaps now. Cheers

>>>RS800 - A skiff one-design designed by Phil MORRISON, with some modifications to the existing RS800 deck mould<<<

Apologies if this has been covered but does anyone know what modifications they are talking about? Aesthetically i would like to see 49er type wings as opposed to the existing scaffold pole set up.

The wings aren't being changed, they stay the same.  The major difference is the shape of the cockpit - the standard 800 has a deep cockpit, the modified one has a dished cockpit - the standard one is like the 700, the new one is like the Musto Skiff. 

The original 800 had the more traditional cockpit because it could be sailed single wire.  But, no-one does it so the new boat is much more "trapeze friendly" when crossing the boat fast.