I'm not trying to sturr the pot, but I was there at the GC and have some ideas of the boats weighed...

The only boats that I can remember that made the minimum was the Taipan and the Blades....

All other boats were a little over, while the Falcons being closer to the min than the Vipers....

My boat weighed right at 129kgs...Viper 132.

In my opinion...

I think the minimum weight should be left alone...As you can see I have one of the heavier boats and I don't care how much the boats weigh, of course that's within limits here.

The box rule is there and this is a semi development class, more so than the F18, but not quite the A-class...

Now, if it starts to turn out like the A-class where something becomes astronomically expensive or something new that makes the boat a whole shitload faster, then maybe we need to rethink the rules. But, even the A-class hasn't made any astronimical strides in the last few years. Hec, even the banana boards haven't made the "older" boats obsolete. Hell, you can get a good A-class that's a few years old, throw a new sail on it, and be competitive....


I was the only singlehander Viper there and I was slow...So tell me, is it the heavy boat or the skipper?

I might just sell my boat and get an older Taipan so I can be faster on the course, cause it's lighter......I should be in the front of the pack, right? cause it's lighter? Right?

Or maybe, just maybe, it's the skipper?





Mike