Sorry for so much email--I'm trying to keep it to a minimum. Below is the
answer to Kevin's rather good question.
Also, I wanted to assure anyone who is concerned that you will be able to buy
class measurement templates if you want. It will, of course, be much cheaper
to simply have your boat measured just prior to one of our regattas.
Thanks
Bram
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Kevin,
Yours is, in my opinion, a most important question and speaks to the heart of
what we are trying to do.
If you buy a new mast and don't like the way it bends, you can order another
for about $830. You can (within the rules) cut an experimental jib from used
49er sails for about $300 and you can try all kinds of different rigging
systems for a relatively small amount of money.
If, on the other hand, you find that your hull has been made obsolete because
of manipulation of the design by others, you are out a lot of money (probably
$12,000). Remember that 1/10th of a knot in boat speed equals a loss or gain
of a hundred yards for every 30 minutes of racing.
We are doing everything possible to make sure that our boats remain
competitive at the top level for at least 10 years.
Their will always be some builders who will try to build on the edge of the
tolerance for reasons too involved to get into. To do so they need the lines
of the boat from which the stations were lofted or they need a computer file
that can be manipulated. It is too difficult to do this kind of manipulation
by
just hacking away at the stations.
I hope this helps and thanks for the question.
Best regards,
Bram
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