Check your yardstick Dazz and you will see the I17 smokes a 4.9 Taipan
yo don't really want to go down this path do you? its a little bit prickly!
The main problem with the VYC yardsticks is the lack of updates. the guy behind them has now quit after a great many years of excellent work. but realistically they have seen very little updates in the last 5 years.
how about I poke a few holes for you.....
the taipan 4.9 got a new sail plan, the boat is dramatically faster.. the vyc unchanged
the maricat has been changed in construction, they are MUCH lighter and stiffer... the vyc unchanged
the nacra 5.8 is built lighter every year, the big jib was introduced in mid nineties.. the vyc unchanged
the b14 skiffs nearly doubled the size of their rigs... guess what.. they actually got 1 VYC point added..
I would suggest at the current VYC of a taipan 4.9 sailing on corrected time the F17 would be smoked week in week out.
