Is the Farr 3.7 Dead in the Water?

All the chit chat going on about aero v zero, and every now and again, a little flea passes across my line of vision regarding a strange little antipodean contraption with trap, always slightly light blue, everyone applauds... well who's buying?

Butler Boats are selling- it's never going to be one for delusions of mass appeal, that's what makes it so appealing. 😋

Yup... I'd agree with ChrisB14.

Getting serious traction for the class in the UK is a little chicken and egg.

In a perfect world a small group of sailors from a club would all ring up Butler Boats, buy several boats and instantly create a fleet. And hey preston, much more 'faith' in the class as a whole would exist. It's possible this could happen.

But more likely that the class will slowly build due to people interested in a specific home build project.

I've had a lot on my plate recently so I had to sell on my boat and was hoping that the new owner would really get behind the promotion. And that the regular sailing at his club would winkle out a couple of boats. But as with these things you need a little luck. And that hasn't currently quite happened yet.

I should be in a state to start thinking about my own home build at the end of next year. If all things going to plan. But you can see form that, that time marches on even when you are committed to something like I obviously am!

It's a great boat. Exciting and rewarding to sail, but not requiring high levels of fitness. Fast enough. Has a great set of rules. Was designed by one of the worlds great yacht designers. Suits pretty much every location you can think of and suits a wide target audience. It has an existing and very supportive, organised NZ class association with AC sailors in the technical committee positions. They have reconfigured there structure so they are effectively operating as a 'world body' and are really hopeful that we can get our class up to a critical mass as soon as possible. And are willing to help in as many ways as they can. It should be a 'no brainer' for people wanting a really user friendly single handed trap boat.

All the UK3.7 needs is a few more people to commit and you could have a truly fantastic class with international expectations.

Simple really.

Go here for more:

https://www.facebook.com/3.7Class
http://www.uk3-7class.org/index.html
http://www.3-7class.org.nz

Edited by Jack Sparrow - 29 Sep 14 at 1:53pm

Same analogy with AClass Cats; according to press report they had 85% of their members at Rutland this weekend past.

Pic's of A Class or Farr 3.7?