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49erGBR735HSC 
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 Topic: Future Olympic Classes?Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 1:44pm |
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Good stuff, we'd get a few 18s turning out to race a few GP14s, could make interesting TV
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 1:49pm |
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you would get fast boats carving up slow boat and how good would that be to wach as long you are not out there |
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KnightMare
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 2:21pm |
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yeah thats the problem with half of these things. Looks good but gland im not out, or sounds good but you wouldnt catch me organising it.
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furtive
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:14pm |
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Who says the 470 is going to be dropped anyway? It's an established Olympic class, which fills the Men's and Women's double-hander slot perfectly, and in Olympic circles that counts for a lot - they are unlikely to make changes just for the sake of it. If the 470 (men) was changed for the 505 or FD, you would immediately make it harder for less developed countries to compete (rich countries would spend lots of cash getting the most out of the new boat, as GBR did with the Yngling), you would increase the crew weight needed (great for fat Europeans/N Americans, bad for Asia etc), and you'd need to find a new boat for the woman to sail. Everything points to the 470 staying in place for a good while yet! |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:24pm |
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It was dinghysolutions who brought the subject up a bout the FD replacing the 470, and I've heard mutterings before about it. And in general terms, the 505 seems a cheaper boat than the 470 for the average sailor to sail.
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KnightMare
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:39pm |
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yeah we were jsut going on the information presented to us.
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:46pm |
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Maybe it was a conspiracy to get us thinking about FDs again, doesn't matter anyway, I still think the 505 is the best out of the lot of them! |
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:51pm |
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lol argh conspriacy theorys Oh well i dont know i have never sailed any of the boats before, but they look good. |
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 4:53pm |
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505s are brilliant to sail, so are 470s but it has to be a litlle bit windier to appreciate the 470 as much as the 505.
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Posted: 21 Apr 05 at 5:13pm |
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I don't think you can say that a 505 campain would be cheaper than a 470 one. A top of the range 505 costs around £13,000 (for a Van munster). However, because of the epoxy/kevlar hulls, they are still competitive after 15 season, unlike the 470's which go bendy after 1-2 years.
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