Auction of historic dinghies

Originally posted by Riv Bikes are virtually a box rule. You can muck around with the components but the UCI defines what a "bike" is and frankly it's very dull. However everybody seems happy with the arrangement and happy to go along with the UCI for the sake of the sport. I 'spose the Laser is the nearest thing to this in the dinghy world. Maybe most people just want certainty in their sporting activities.........

I think it's more that we want convenience and we don't really care for speed per se. I don't find it dull at all - I'd find it terribly dull if the guy next to me won because he spent $30,000 on a carbon streamlined recumbent that needed a periscope to steer by and a pit crew to get ready.