Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by Tony_F18
Any ideas on why Oracle added 2.5kgs to the spinpole support strut?
I light air I can see some advantage of having extra weight up front, but I cant see how such a small amount would make any difference to performance (its 0.002% of the total weight!)


Wow, is that what this is all about? 5 ADDITIONAL pounds of weight? Don't they want their boats to be lighter? (that was rhetorical)


Indeed. Proportionally speaking, it'd be like us putting a water bottle in a forward tramp pocket.