Dinghies in 2020

Originally posted by Stefan Lloyd Originally posted by Guest#260 The windsurfing "scene" never really created a club infrastructure Not entirely true. I can think of at least two windsurfing clubs that existed and ran club racing in Hampshire in the mid to late 80s. I'm sure there were others.

Are they still going?

How many dinghy clubs can you think of?

-I direct you to the see through gelcoat options offered on Finn decks, doesn't require any serious modification of build processes.

-Not convinced on the nanotubes front

-Foil coatings sounds like a potential area of development, potentially save lots of sanding. Robustness possibly an issue, if it needed reapplied you might fall foul of the 'ejecting substances' thing

-The dashboard thing definitely a goer, essentially virtually there already with the GPS systems, mostly just the rules getting in the way. Most of the data could come from GPS, some would require sensors. I suppose the main point is the ergonomics with different boats having different mounting opporchancities. Not an issue if you are designing the boat and dashboard together, but for retrofitting more of an issue. Maybe you could even have a HUD projecting onto the sail.

-Power always going to be the issue for remote operation of things, or more to the point, the weight of batteries etc.