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    Posted: 05 Mar 14 at 12:13pm
Originally posted by alstorer

Originally posted by yellowwelly

Anyone else got anything to add to this idea... or is a bit a damp squib?
It is doomed as a circuit idea- you'd need far bigger buy-in than a couple of people agreeing with you on an internet forum.
 
As a club racing idea, well, again, this forum isn't really the place. The concept seems good, but for it go anywhere you need to find a source of people, preferably all within striking ditance of one patch of water, with suitable boats, who're willing to commit. That's the hard part between a good idea and a good implementation

I totally agree with you... I was wondering if the emergence of two new (on paper well matched) classes could ride the wave of enthusiasm that would otherwise not be present if this suggestion had come out of the blue.

Given the timescales involved in delivery of the two new classes, I guess 2015 would be the target year to potentially test this out.
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At club level, we already have it - we call it the Medium Handicap fleet, where Blazes (predominantly, these days) can mix it with Phantoms (predominant previously), Lasers and whatever.  Plenty of space on Medway, so the mobile obstacles (Wayfarers etc.) don't really interfere.  Not sure a dedicated start would make any odds.
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Now I think about it, for many years there used to be an annual Flying Dutchman vs 505 open meeting in the UK. Presumably it kicked the bucket when there were too few FDs to make it worthwhile.
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There was 505 V's Int 14 team racing, too.
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