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GRF's vision is an Icon with a kite that can be either Assymettric or Symettric depending on the course.

Either one specially designed to work that way using either the front pole or the dangle pole, or two kites to choose from.

That's GRF's current vision.

Golf handicaps is like racing Lasers using personal handicaps.Different to PY racing. PY racing is the fairest in one sense, but because boat performance isn't linear, in reality is far less fair than class racing, especially as most boats have things called sail controls, so you can adjust the amount of power the boat is producing.

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by 2547 Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by 2547 Originally posted by iGRF There is no equality in class racing, never will be, all the time body shapes and weights are unequal, so the main tenet of class racing is built on a lie. What garbage ... that is like saying there is no equality in the 100m as Bolt is taller than Powell ... etc ... If the equipment is all the same you have a level playing field. I wonder sometimes if you lot even realise what you're writing. If Powell were taller than Bolt maybe he'd beat him, as it is Bolt wins because he's taller & faster, how fair is that? It is a race between two people to establish who is faster. That is what a race is.  From what you are saying the only fair race is between perfect human clones ... Which of course would be a dead heat.  Nicely sidestepped there, thought Id nailed you with the springy paraplegic led argument, which exactly makes my point, that to be truly fair if equipment is involved in a race, then that equipment should be matched exactly to the individual body of the competitors, which makes my point again that having identical equipment regardless of competitor size, cannot be fair. I believe the term is QED.

Edited by 2547 - 03 Nov 13 at 8:12am

Back on theme ..... Whose sailing their Icons and where this winter and spring. Thinking of travelling.

It isn't defying the odds, it is simply sailing.