Originally Posted by Team_Cat_Fever
Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by TeamChums
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In my opinion, stay 1 design. Your Nacra 20's have no equeal. But keep the stock sail dimensions, but allow your choice of sailmakers.



DING DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!

That's all I want to see happen.



I agree with that too.


You weren't very keen on it when I proposed it a few years ago.


I was for modernizing the sail plan but I preferred a one design fashion with one manufacturer because I feel like it fits a niche that is not very available now in the other classes (but I think might have a slight resurgence in the next several years). Compared to the wide open thought that is out there now, I definitely would rather see a standard sail plan rule open to any manufacturer and leave the rest of it one design (except for the snuffer - that thing sucks).

Open sail makers can be cost effective but there is an economy of scale. The N20 does not offer enough numbers that sail makers will willingly foot the development bill for developing a sail that they can market as "faster" or "better" like they do in F18. Because of that, I have a sense of being lost in the forest and choosing a sailmaker is a tough call.

Last edited by Jake; 10/07/11 08:40 PM.

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