PY changes for 2014

Originally posted by Drylander I don't understand why GRF seems to have a downer on the Merlin,

Some history then.. Over the years I've been sailing against a couple of pals with whom we're pretty evenly matched, although we've tended to sail Assyms, to their Sym, we had an L3k, they had a Laser 2, we had an RS500 they had a 470, we had the Alto, they had a 505, and although due to the nature of our triangle sausage courses which tend to favour Syms, they would come out on top as often as not, we still had some great racing and alternating positions, then they got the Merlin - game over, can't get near them unless circumstances are extreme (drifter or very light offshore shifty), it's a Bandit plain and simple, it sails to 950 beats an RS400 very easily, that's why, so it is always the butt of jokes to that end...It's light and riddled with carbon yet uses a handicap from an old wooden clunker.. What do you expect if you cheat? Smiles and respect, or derision and calls of BS?

Edited by iGRF - 25 Feb 14 at 7:29pm

try the Classes button on the Y&Y site - all your questions answered. But yes, it is a small Wayfarer.

The timing was discussed, not for the first time. The majority of clubs still seem to start and end their years when the clocks change. Issues with pushing the publication date earlier include that yhe closing date for returns goes back into the previous summer series, and the period when all the admin is done would hit December, which isn't the easiest month to get a bunch of volunteers together.

Originally posted by gordon1277 The Phantom to go back to 1047 (as it was when I first bought one)and prove it was all a horrible mistake the drop to 1012. Now I am not sailing a very tired wood boat with needlespar rig that might be a little unfair! Only Joking

Originally posted by Time Lord What I want to know is why we have to wait until the beginning of March to get these figures / guesses? The RYA appears to be stuck in the era when one didn't put one's boat in the water until after Easter! For many, the new season starts at the beginning of March.