Dart 6000

Originally posted by Port End Flyer Originally posted by Major Iyeswater Maybe we should look at the boat those in the know are buying/have brought  this winter if we are looking for a clue   Good point I somehow suspect that carbon beams will not be being penalised

Right people.  I have information that I cannot share (still I am afraid) as the proposal has not been submitted to the ISAF yet.  Some of the group were at the conference in Finland a few weeks ago, and very good progress was made.  We do however have it very nearly finished and we are also confident now that this will be adopted.  HOWEVER we cannot publish it until we have finished it and submitted it.   We are still on schedule for an approved (ISAF) rule for the start of the Northern hemisphere spring season.

Did anyone think we would be banning Carbon beams ?  I hope not, that would be silly as every modern A class would be in the bin - I don't think that would have been too popular !  The reason my F16 has carbon beams is to try to get it down to weight.

It has to be secret until we submit it.  All of us involved in the detail have proper day jobs - I was up at 5am and will not be in bed before midnight tonight. 

We have done a lot of testing of the rule (to ensure it's fair, and this it is behaving in the way we expect) and we have also spend ages working out how to make it work.  We are trying to make a good rule, and this takes time.  We are trying to plug some of the gaps in the rule.

As far as the boat I have bought, I have been very carefull to ensure that the other members of the group who are designing the rule are fully aware of what I have done with the boat, and the reasons why I have done it.  One of the major things we have done is to change the rule to reduce the benefit from "designing to the rule", we are now trying to encourage designing "good" boats, not boats with "good" ratings.   

If you want to speculate on the changes, please do.  I cannot confirm anything yet.