Frankenboat - what's yours?

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons Elvstrom helmed a 505 from the wire with his daughter crewing..... However too many classes, these days, seem to have pointlessly restrictive rules (was it the RS800 that disallowed the crew taking the mainsheet?).

That has just changed.
I don't think it's a pointless rule. It has just been binned as it happens.
The good thing about the rule is that it made crewing the boat less physical, as on a boat like the 800, there can be a lot of gain in pumping the main (even within the rules! ). So if you want to sell the boat to females, you don't want the gorillas to have an advantage. At the time it was seen as desirable to promote the boat as 'accessible', which means there is a point to sailing like most other boats are sailed, so people could jump in from a Fireball or 505. Or even a 400!  :-)
The was probably some gain in being different from the I14.
Not to mention the 5k and the Boss.. Always best not mentioned perhaps?
Now of course, the world has moved on a bit, for instance there are lots of people growing up with mileage in 29ers, and there are people treating the 800 as a progession towards the 49er. And the reasons above seem less relevant perhaps?
It will be interesting to see how it works out for the class, not least outside the UK.

one for the more elderly arm-chair sailor?

Me too, not surprisingly  . But she did have a good turn of speed in the right conditions.......

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 25 Feb 17 at 10:29pm

Originally posted by reuben one for the more elderly arm-chair sailor?

I blame my ageing memory Dougal, apologies . I did read and enjoy that excellent article so thank you for correcting my 'alternative' facts.

Edited by Sam.Spoons - 26 Feb 17 at 9:49am