Thursday, May 02, 2013

Ask the Tillerman #2

The deliciously named Doc Häagen-Dazs asked, "Why did the icky gaff-rig triump over the more efficient Marconi rig in the world-wide establishing of the Opti class for juniors?"

I have no idea what you are talking about Doc.

This is an Optimist...


7 comments:

Litoralis said...

Just think...no more of those annoying sail ties!

Keep Reaching said...

Looks like Doc made a gaff.

kiwiyates said...

This is of course in Kiwiland - only the Kiwis are crazy/innovative enough to try this. I have on good authority that they are going to try foils next......!!!!!

And who said sailing was no longer fun.........

Tillerman said...

Exactly

Doc Häagen-Dazs said...

Good one, Keep!

Doc Häagen-Dazs said...

Yeah, only in New Zealand. For the rest of the world it's these little uglies!

kiwiyates said...

Its not that Opti can't be fun - they are in lots of ways, but as a youth coach, both the sailors and I get frustrated when you can't push it to the limits for fear of the dreaded bailing saga! This does limit the level of "fun" sometimes.

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