It's a development class, and very little is restricted.
Rules:
-monohull
-750mm hull
-900mm overall
Starting with this year, moving ballast is allowed!
There are 6-7 races a year, we sail a 2lap olympic triangle.
Most of the races are held in ponds where there is little wind, so most boats have overdimensioned a-riggs.
My current raceboat is, an (fila)open60 inspired design, that is now some 10years old, the guy who designed it, sold only hulls, everything else was to be done by the builder. I boughther at the begining of 2012 the keel was allready in place. At the begining of 2013 there was no way my new evolutin project would be ready fot this years season so i took the decision to finish her, a 5500cm2 rigg with a 40:60 ratio seemed to work well, a big 97cm2 rudder was introduced to handle the big power from the sails and to throw the boat into tacks when sailing on the upper limit of the a rigg. Finally a snow-white paintjob was added and she was ready to go.
Now the boat has won her first race, she definetly deserves to be my boat for this season. During the summer and in the future she will be used as a sparing partner to the new prototypes, the first of wich is to hit the water soon after the 2013 footy gold cup.
Below 1b-rigg, 2-all up weight, 3-a rigg
More photos and clips follow.
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