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For some time now I have sat on the following information in order to not embarash you but you stick to your arguments about why record outside the Texel race itself are not real records.
We all know you are very proud of the old record that stood for 22 years and which was set using a Super cat 20.
I'm sure , Bill, that you aware that this record was set in the month August itself ! It was actually a pay-back towards another crew that won the Texel race that year at the expense of the Wop Rienks and his crew who later set the Round Texel record.
So from the very beginning the Round Texel records were set both during and outside the race. So either your Supercat never held the record or all other record set outside of teh Texel race are valid just as much as the Supercat record was.
I've talked to Wop and he was pretty clear about the fact that they waited for the perfect conditions as well; as all other record attempts have done.
Than you car example. What a BS. I can name many more records that don't have such a 1 % rule (swimming, athelitics, cirquit records F1, etc) . As long as the time equipment can be expected to be accurate then every second sailed off the record is enough to produce a new record. We're not measuring the time in milli seconds if you are to note.
>>This new record beat the old record by 27 seconds out of 9036 seconds which is 0.3%. Is this really significant?
Yes, it is ! You are not one of those guys that don't allow the new record holders to joy of breaking a record that they have tried to break for many times.
>>If a record is an official Round Texel Race Record, then surely it occurrs during an official Round Texel Race.
NO it does not. It didn;t for the Supercat and it is still not required for new attempts.
You don't have any additional rules for the fastest crossing of the atlantic or other distance sailing records do they. There is no rule that specifies that you can only break the 24 hour distance record in the southern Ice sea or another individual body of water ? They all can choose their platform even build there own and choose the conditions they feel will allow them to break the record. Nor do car speeds records have to be broken at Bonneville USA ? If one can do it in the Gobi desert of China than that it fine with the record officials.
>>What is the record low elapsed time that has occurred during an official, real, Round Texel Race with 500 to 1000 boats on the starting line?
Actually this record is only 2 or 3 minutes away from teh current record if my memory serves me right. During the Texel race the lead boats sail very fast. I also seem to remember that the (now) former record was set during the Texel race.
With kind regards,
Wouter