Alto - Why?

Originally posted by G.R.F Face it there's not much choice, the V3000, the RS500 or the Washing up Bowl, if its single trapez assym you're after....

Iso? Buzz? L4k?

We also pondered "why" a bit, I must admit; tho' it is nevertheless a decent-looking boat. Whereabouts is its PY going to be, do you reckon?

(And I'm not convinced those toestraps go far enough aft....)

Edited by ColH

Originally posted by Webmuppet I'm sure that GRF will have done his research and read this previous thread on the subject of the Alto, however if you want to get a bit more about its history etc. - TID=2812&KW=Alto">clickyNigel

Hah I hadn't read that, but I might have predicted it, all that negativity
some of you lot really do need a bit more imagination..

And thanks merlinboy, spot on analogy

Well the guys done exactly what I thought needed doing.

It'll be a great club racer, and if a class grows around it, so much the
better, I just hope it's not going to be run by the class.

The trouble with some classes, very often they stifle change and
development whilst restricting themselves in the most obvious of areas.
The cherub being a prime example.

As another typical example, in 1979 I put forward a motion to the
assembled windsurfers of the then UKBSA, it was that foot straps be
permitted on race boards. It was unanimously thrown out. that
class became Div 2 and where is it now?
Classes don't necessarily act in their own long term interest.

Originally posted by G.R.F Asym builders blindly following the Bethwaite decree of fixed plate..

It dates back an awful long time before Bethwaite,

it looks alot different from when i sailed against it. it no longer a 505 hull now more like a 500 one

[QUOTE=alstorer]I saw at Felixstowe last summer-QUOTE]

do u normally sail at felixstowe