Flat Stanley

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MerlinMags Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Admin Group Joined: 19 Mar 04 Location: UK, Guildford Online Status: Offline Posts: 589	Post Options Post Reply Quote MerlinMags Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Flat Stanley Posted: 14 Mar 10 at 9:12pm
	How bizarre: nosing through the books my daughters have bought home from school, and I find...

s.a.l.t.y Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 11 Apr 08 Location: Costa del Essex Online Status: Offline Posts: 517	Post Options Post Reply Quote s.a.l.t.y Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 10 at 8:07pm
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paulburton Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 21 Aug 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38	Post Options Post Reply Quote paulburton Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 10 at 8:02pm
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Presuming Ed Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 641	Post Options Post Reply Quote Presuming Ed Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 10 at 11:26am
	What browser are you using? Some (?) (Chrome for one) truncate lines so that urls etc get cut by forced line breaks.

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ham4sand Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 27 Jul 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 452	Post Options Post Reply Quote ham4sand Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 10 at 2:06pm
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Ross Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 02 May 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1163	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ross Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 10 at 2:00pm
	The 49ers were sailing lower and as Jim says they're all about VMG. Obviously a 9er is going to mince a 30 year old cherub round the course. I just rememeber skipping over the waves while 9ers were all sleek and smooth.
	Ross If you can't carry it, don't sail it!

JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 10 at 1:53pm
	One of my memories of Flat Stanley was a Weston Easter pursuit back in the 1980s. I was standing outside the clubhouse and at the top of a big long reach Guy and Alex picked up the perfect gust, and more than doubled their lead over the "fast" fleet behind. The guy standing next to me looked at his mate and said "that's it: the Cherub's won". It was as clear cut as that. Stanley was probably the ultimate of the 70s era of deeper V wide stern hull shapes. Modern style hulls are far far better in more moderate conditions and upwind, but when you got the perfect reach, good grief the boat would shift. There's a lot of nonsense talked about top speed, and I hope no-one believes everything that's posted here. Also in race terms top speed is definitely a poor relation to VMG. The 49er most definitely has a VMG rig: its just too big for very high through the water speeds. Was the ultimate straight line top speed of Flat Stanley in her heyday and in perfect conditions higher than that of a 49er? I wouldn't bet against it. Could she have beaten the 49er to the leeward mark? Not a hope.