...I was stuck on 4KSB's for almost 2 decades...
Major changes came when the top of the course got wind and everyone drove down (at 4 kts) on the leaders who were parked in light air.
And when I talk 4KSB, I'm talking boats that considered Tartan 31 "the boat to beat". J-24 were considered "too much work and tipped too much"
On a good regatta, you were lucky to get TWO races per day if the wind was up....
Today, perhaps those boats better fit "Spin B" or similar categories.
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