| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
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I caught a segement on the TV last night about 11 meter sailboats.
They are minature versions of the 12 meter boats. They are not the
mini version ones. These take 5-6 crew, (900 lb max for class racing).
They use a high tech keel system similiar to the boats in Perth. Prices
were quoted at $30,000-40,000 US. The scenes of these babies in
action ( they quoted 20 knts under spinakker with a "good" wind)
looked like San Fransico Bay.
With the current issue of Sail magazine showing J/80s, Mengles 24s,
and some other small high tech wonder, it looks like the industry
sees a segment growing in smaller club racers.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2093.1 | I saw a short article | MILKWY::SAMPSON | Driven by the wind | Wed Oct 20 1993 16:34 | 10 |
I think I read something in my newest sailing world about these boats
having taken up a class home in SF Bay. Part of the immedeate
popularity in the class was said to come from some form of corporate
sponsorship. I didn't see anything about how this works, but something
about it scraping 15K off the purchase price.
It looks like it would be a fun boat, but I want something I can
sleep on too.
Geoff
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