A bit tongue in cheek here guys.

It wasn't a coordinated effort, you could see markP (I believe) walk off with the daggerboards and some other guy with the tiller extension. We all sort of met in the measurement tent. All of us were also helping rig the boat, getting it off the trailer etc. Some of us just made a detour via the scales. Greg was there all the time and he must have know when it happened and he certainly knew shortly afterwards. It was a very giddy time. Lots of part of the other boats found their way to the scales that day as well for a reference check. We were all hanging around anyway as racing was cancelled for the day due to high winds. Greg had just work whole night repairing the boat together with our F16 class measurer. Again, during transport a forklift truck had driven over each bow and each stern, damaging the hull in no less then four places. Real bad luck for Greg and we all felt for him.

We all know the boat was much heavier due to the (quick) repairs and the fact that some components were lent from the Capricorn F18. Greg was happy to have the boat ready for the race weekend that was to follow and the weight was only a sideshow at that time.

Still the weight differences were a source of amazement and exitement during that day. I mean picking up a 4.1 kg daggerboard and then a 1.8 kg daggerboard gives a dramatic show of what careful engineering and production with proper quality control can achieve. Again , neither board broke during use at the event or since then. Some in the class are experimenting with even slightly lighter boards at this time; no breakages have been reported yet. Development is progressing.

Wouter