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    Posted: 30 Sep 05 at 9:54am

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the Fireball went through some pretty radical construction changes to get where it is today plus developing beyond dacron sails.


I wouldn't regard changing to dactron sails or changing some construction rules but in both cases keeping the shape and size the same asbeing radical changes. Sisn't the Fireball just make some cobnstruction changes to make mass production boats a bit easier to build?

I was sailing Fireballs at the time most of these changes went through (won the nationals in 94) and most of us in the fleet felt the changes were quite radical at the time and all supported the progress. I guess it depends on your outlook; if you sail a development class it probably looked like small beer but for a one design they changes were quite significant.

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I think the original premise of this thread was that a SMOD was die over time as new technology emerges, and is adopted into new SMOD classes that will kill the old ones.

I don't necessarily agree with that, as we've seen several examples of SMOD's evolving through careful class association led management. Even the dear old Laser has even got half decent sail controls nowadays!

PS. I'm on the lookout for a 2 person boat to club race with my kids. See that early RS400's are now going for around £2k - seems great value to me or are they likely to be completly tatered at that price?
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Originally posted by Iain C

The one I struggle with is why FB's never went to a loose footed sail?


Why bother I should think. You get a very small decrease in the cost of a boom and a sail and maybe a tiny increase in boat speed, but it would make everyone think that their sails were outdated and that they needed new ones.

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Ah, but it makes the jump to Carbon much easier .
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Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by Iain C

The one I struggle with is why FB's never went to a loose footed sail?


Why bother I should think. You get a very small decrease in the cost of a boom and a sail and maybe a tiny increase in boat speed, but it would make everyone think that their sails were outdated and that they needed new ones.

It would make it easier to adjust the outhaul ... and make it quicker to rig and de- rig; now that really is a benefit.

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