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    Posted: 07 Feb 12 at 9:08am
Originally posted by Hughph


I think this also has to be made clear- Firstly there is a chance we will just do what the NZ guys do and not race with kites, just keep them for out of class fleet racing. There is also a chance we will race with kites, but not in a way that would separate the class from it's roots in NZ. 


Canoes have found a happy balance between IAC, IC and DC, combining fleets at regattas and establishing PY for the various types relatively straightforward, can't see any reason why the same kind of arrangement wouldn't be possible for 3.7's
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Is the Farr the only eponymous dinghy class?
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That wasn't the case when the RS100 launched with two PYs- it was/is a bit of nightmare.  

The bonus here is that it'll hardly be a big impact, to be honest I doubt there will be enough returns to even justify an experimental number for a while- that was certainly the case when the D-One only had a few boats around the country.

It sounds like the ethos is good- if you want a kite fit one, if you don't, don't.  You don't need class rules telling you what you can and can't do, it's your boat, enjoy it!
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It could work racing on two PY's etc but really it's not like we will be having 60 boat fleets within the next 2 years realistically, so we may aswell just race as a class and not bother with 2 PY's- everyone do the same thing kite or not. 
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Originally posted by Peaky

Is the Farr the only eponymous dinghy class?


named after the designer, possibly. Named after the length, no.
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Originally posted by Hughph

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You never know Piers... they might want to post questions on the new forum pages on the UK3.7class website for more than one opinion of the subject!?

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Originally posted by Jack Sparrow

Originally posted by Peaky

Is the Farr the only eponymous dinghy class?


named after the designer, possibly. Named after the length, no.


Apart from the Farr 30/40/45/52 of course, but they aren't dinghies.
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Phillip Rhodes in the USA named his 18 and 19 foot dayboats after himself

And does Knud Olson calling his boat the OK count?!
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