he reality is that, that person is just doing everything in his power to get it down to just him.
Karl, everyone chooses to play the game at the level they choose.... Not necessarily at the level of "every thing in his power"
Yeah, sorta..... but you're paraphrasing to fit your needs. Yes, we all choose to play and the level we wish to or can pay. I'd give my left nut, (possibly the right one too), to be doing something other than waiting for my printer to print off a phone book of drawings, and to be on the water.
I take this stuff as seriously as I dare and still have fun doing it. (when I take it too serious, I suck butt, get pissy and I'm not having fun) If my broke butt went and bought a last generation A Class it would be me doing everything in my power to be competitive. Well, everything legal, and quasi moral. I live in a shitty little house, work as little as humanly possible, drive old vehicles, and sail as much as I can. If I could get AHPC to build me a pre-preg carbon, autoclaved, Nomex core Viper I would be on that like stink on sh!t. I'd sell blood and semen by the bucket to come up with that extra $20k for that boat. Why? I want to rule out as much as possible. I'd be solaced knowing I had the best I could get.
The point is that while you can be competitive on an older design, it takes a skill level at the extreme end of good to adapt and make that older design perform at the top.
BTW, Mark, where the heck is there a healthy fleet of anything much less enough to fill the ranks of a A, B, & C fleet on a weekend regatta? or did I miss some intent of this statement.
Dave- I'm soooo worth it. :lol:
