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    Posted: 15 Jul 15 at 6:13pm
Maybe it shows the maturity of the fleet (and I don't mean that they're all old b******s) that so many chose not to sail on the Sunday. It is, after all, the sailor's responsibility and not the PRO's to decide if they sail or not.

Given the quality in the fleet, to deny them the opportunity to race in those conditions would have been bizarre and perhaps deterred people from making the effort in the future.

If we were never to sail whenever there was a slight risk of mast breakage, then lasers would never go out above a force 4!!



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I think it's fair to say that with 17 Brits heading off to the French Nationals on Sunday evening's St Malo ferry for those without a spare mast prudency may have been the way to go? Huge price, potentially, to pay by potentially missing a great event in France having broken a boat or gear in somewhat demanding conditions?
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Rodney, is there an opportunity to sell masthead floats for Finns sailing in shallow water?

If you made them reassuringly expensive enough I'm sure the Finn guys would go for it. ;-)
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I just found this post while searching on some intel on the Devoti Fantastica Finn. For me the Sunday at the Nationals was the best day. Very sailable and a fantastic scoof back over the bar to finish. IMHO if the race is run it is a personal decision by each helm whether to compete based on their personal circumstances and I would strongly resist any other limits or restrictions. For those who didn't sail show some respect for Marten Bart from Holland who sailed & finished both races on Saturday with 67kg. A great example of how to sail a finn without loads of kilos.

On another topic....what do people think about the new Devoti Fantastica ? Is it quicker than a classic ?

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Originally posted by lasercrazee

I just found this post while searching on some intel on the Devoti Fantastica Finn. For me the Sunday at the Nationals was the best day. Very sailable and a fantastic scoof back over the bar to finish. IMHO if the race is run it is a personal decision by each helm whether to compete based on their personal circumstances and I would strongly resist any other limits or restrictions. For those who didn't sail show some respect for Marten Bart from Holland who sailed & finished both races on Saturday with 67kg. A great example of how to sail a finn without loads of kilos.On another topic....what do people think about the new Devoti Fantastica ? Is it quicker than a classic ?RegardsFergus



For best info on the Devoti D-Fantastica Finn and to ask about performance, who's buying them and why, is Rodney at Suntouched Sailboats    You know he will give a fair appraisal

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