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Technology marches on: This is not just an axiom to modern life, but a fundamental principle embraced by most of us who race sailboats. Modern design trends have produced boats that are faster, more exciting and safer than ever before, where 40-footers are now exceeding the speeds of 50-footers built only a decade ago. Accordingly there is a growing interest in building and racing this new generation of high-performance offshore-capable designs. But as in most arenas of technology, the cutting edge is not always widely accessible: not only are the costs higher for the boats themselves, but also for campaigning them at a competitive level where all of their potential can be realised on the racecourse. Fair racing with these boats can also be difficult because the existing handicap systems cannot always rate them fairly against other more typical mainstream designs that populate most regattas. As part of SYRF’s mission to support the science of sailing, we would like to know more about us with some valuable feedback on how to characterise competitive big boat racing. Your answers will help shape the future of the sport for all concerned. We would like to hear not only from designers but also from the racers themselves: what are our desires and expectations in relation to modern high-performance design, and where are the boundaries of our notions on performance, affordability, seaworthiness and fair racing. Should 40ft offshore-capable boats be comfortable to race offshore? if so, what does this mean? Does everyone want boats that plane in only 14kt of wind?
Or is this too expensive to achieve given current technologies? And if so, what about cost controls: is this desirable, and if so, what should be controlled without stifling the spirit of innovation in design?
We invite all interested parties to take this survey – owners, sailors, designers, builders, sailmakers, race organisers, to name a few, who have an interest in supporting the growth and development of competitive high-performance sailing and want to express their views. And we have provided this survey in two versions: a General survey to solicit your views on the role of high-performance boats in the sport, and a more specific Technical poll to gauge more specifics on how high-performance boats are defined.
Results will be gathered, collated and reported in due course, and should be of interest to all who participate.
q Take the survey now!
It will only take a few minutes. Go to the website below or with your mobile device you can also scan for access with the QR code to the right.
www.gofaster.com
SYRF is an organisation founded to support the science to understand the performance of sailing yachts through research and education. This research takes many forms, including the funding of studies on the performance of modern designs through use of CFD, tank testing and wind tunnel programmes. The knowledge thus gained helps give a more thorough quantitative understanding of the performance of raceboats to help improve the accuracy of any handicap system that is asked to rate performance.
www.sailyachtresearch.org
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