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    Posted: 29 Aug 13 at 8:22pm
Just had a look at the class website, a bit outdated. Need to get a top helm and crew to take one out in a blow with a camera on the back and get it going flat out.
Enquired about 2138 a while back, very tempted if it wasn't the other end of the country
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where are you? certainly can be arranged if you want to have a blast
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Originally posted by JimC

Think the Hornet must be about the only class in the world that permits full battened sails yet most sailors don't use them.
 

I'm intrigued now - if fully battened mains are better, why haven't the likes of 505 and Fireball changed their rules to allow them? It would appear to be such a simple way to improve performance..... 
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Merlins tried them long ago and didn't like them. It upset the balance of the rig, and I suppose there was no perceived reason to go through the lengthy and costly development process to get them to work.

I guess with 505s and Fireballs especially that the racing is so good that there is no need to upset the applecart. For a season or two you'll have the development years where one or the other might be faster, then after 4 or 5 seasons everyone will have the same kit an you'll be back where you started.

just because something is though to be "better" doesn't mean its worth reinventing the wheel to adopt it :)
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Originally posted by John Shelton

yup, carbon booms are OK, as are carbon foils, and other bits - just not in the hull, mast and sails, Deck stepped should be OK, but I think one of the bands on the mast has to be at the sheerline, which means the mast extending below that level (but I am probably wrong)

Dougal, would love to hear about Battengate - that must have passed me by
 
Dougal has been threatening/promising to publish battengate for years. Its all just journo hype. Wink
 
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