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    Posted: 27 Mar 14 at 7:45pm
I tried something similar today in a Supernova, working on the principle that perching is the way to go while I wait for my knee to be done.
the same, but different...

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found an old video of mine on Vimeo- taken back when RS100s were still cool and everyone perched whilst sailing them, rather than hiking them like it meant something....



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Originally posted by Medway Maniac

Originally posted by rogerd

Yes you are right on all those counts.My tongue was firmly in my cheek when the pics were posted.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity for some nostalgic reasoning!
 
Your welcome. Come and have a nostalgic sail sometime
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Originally posted by winging it

Roger,is the red boat Sandy perching at Shearwater?  He deserves a special prize if it is!
 
Yep thats Sandy, The boat is the one Jack Holt built for the only Round the Island dinghy Race in 1953.


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Originally posted by rogerd

Yes you are right on all those counts.My tongue was firmly in my cheek when the pics were posted.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity for some nostalgic reasoning!
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Hmm sounds like an idea for an aftermarket accessory, the EPP, Extreme Perch Plank, hi tech carbon fibre, extra sliding weights, clip over the side secure to the footstraps, making lightweights more competitive, what could possibly go wrong? Just think of it, the Phantom EPP.. or maybe even the 300EPP that would be an interesting sail
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Does look that way. The 90 degree windshift that almost certainly occurred 3 seconds later must have been interesting!
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Roger,is the red boat Sandy perching at Shearwater?  He deserves a special prize if it is!
the same, but different...

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Yes you are right on all those counts.My tongue was firmly in my cheek when the pics were posted.
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Originally posted by rogerd

[Photos of Hornets with planks] 

The ultimate perching device. Cant think why they got rid of them

Because:
a) people would regularly fall off them - not fast
b) they severely limited the fore-aft movement of crew weight, and
c) they were much heavier than a trapeze

All of which amounted to something that was more important than providing a bit of extra grunt to light crews (sail area was smaller in those days - all-girl crews were not unknown).

But maybe the Hornet class should have stuck with the spec (smaller main, jib - not genoa - and spinnaker) that allowed lightweights to compete on equal terms instead of upping the ante to compete with the Fireball;  they might have a bigger niche today in that case?  I personally liked the old tall, narrow reaching kite, and although the genoa looked better than the original jib, a short-footed deck sweeper would have been even better, imho.
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