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    Posted: 01 Sep 13 at 3:39pm
Originally posted by JimC



Incidentally if my figures are correct (they're based on my observations, I don't have the actual registrations) the numbers seem to suggest the IC is at something like an all time high in terms of the number of boats being built in recent years, which is something for a CA that dates back well over a hundred years...

It also demonstrates how long a good decision (the box rule) takes to begin to filter through positive results in terms on fresh blood and new boats....   
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hold the inaugural worlds at a popular UK location with, what is it, 10 or so home boats + all you south coast lot less than an hour away?

but that wouldn't fit with the international playboy image now would it?




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The 100s are also having their first World Championship in a little over a months time. It is in Lake Como.

Like most people I think a lot of people are time poor and could only do one of these events.

Now if the RS Class association had been clever this weekend should have been seeing the first World Championship being held at Hayling Island. That way there would have been a much larger fleet.
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Difficult to generalise...

At last month's Canoe nationals we got over half of the boats built in the UK the last ten years (30ish in all by my sums) and nearly a quarter of those built in the last thirty (50ish in total), and regarded that as a decent healthy turnout. If we only had 10% of say the last ten year's new boats we'd be very badly worried.

Get that sort of percentage for a Laser nationals and it would be a bit unwieldy! I suspect it was similar in my Cherub days, although I don't think I ever did the sums.

Incidentally if my figures are correct (they're based on my observations, I don't have the actual registrations) the numbers seem to suggest the IC is at something like an all time high in terms of the number of boats being built in recent years, which is something for a CA that dates back well over a hundred years...

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I always think that if a class can get 10% of production at the Nationals it's pretty good so that is not bad in these difficult times. However a lot of people seemed to go out and buy these "wonder" boats early on which implies they were sailors with disposable income and a fickle nature.
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400 boats sold yet only 33 at the nationals, is this a sign of the times? 
What's the reason for the decline in attendance do you think? (Least number attending since production began)

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And remember that boat is now 4 seasons old. 
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2 grand for bling... Like a girls sail, trailer to tow it to windless events, tictac countdown timer (with some weird compass feature) and a Kiss My RS sticker
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I thought it was £6k for the first hundred 100s (ex trolley etc)?
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8 for two rigs, trailer and covers
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