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Topic: 470

Posted By: runningfree
Subject: 470
Date Posted: 30 Apr 07 at 7:00pm

I havent often seen these boats mentioned on the forum, all i know is they're in the olympics and basically big 420s. Does anyone know if they'll stay in the olympics for much longer or will they be dropped? What sort of age and weight do you need to be to sail them? They do look great boats! Also the second hand market, i never see any for sale!

Your info would be great!

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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 30 Apr 07 at 7:17pm

They're a nice enough boat, not that special, but quite OK. A bit of a downside is that the combination of the interior engineering and the rig tension the top folk use means that they go a bit soft rather quickly. But that also means there are probably well sorted ex Olympians boats going cheap that would be fine for club handicap racing. You can never tell, but I reckon they'll be in the Olympics for a few years yet. Not many people sail them in the UK, the Fireball got the numbers instead. I forget the size of crew, but you can't be very big.

Posted By: runningfree
Date Posted: 30 Apr 07 at 7:20pm

yeah the website said 110 - 145kg which is pretty light.

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Posted By: sailor_420
Date Posted: 20 Jun 07 at 5:21pm

Anyone know how much longer this will be in the olympics. Also any ideas on what could replace it? I cant tthink of it especially as its designed for ligher people so would they replace it with a boat for lightweights or would it be just any weight?

Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 20 Jun 07 at 7:49pm

Originally posted by sailor_420

Anyone know how much longer this will be in the olympics. Also any ideas on what could replace it? I cant tthink of it especially as its designed for ligher people so would they replace it with a boat for lightweights or would it be just any weight?

its impossible to tell really at the moment, just look at the debate going on about the the new womens high performance class and the 470 is still a ok olympic class