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• Traditional - classic lines(from the waterline up), high performance(from the waterline down)
  • Nice looking boat, that's for sure
    • Interesting to get a racers feedback, D'Arcy.
      • I raced on Wild Horses one of the W 76s
        • That wheel is seriously, big. Form may be leading function there.
          • Re: That wheel is seriously, big. . . big wheels were a fashion in the 1980s
            • Those wells are pretty silly. But I never thought about the expense below the cockpit(sillier still)
          • Maybe it's because it has so much weather helm ;^)))
  • Jib Sheets
    • Re: Jib Sheets- That was my thought also
    • I see. That's not very exciting.
  • Nothing new about - classic lines(from the waterline up), high performance(from the waterline down)
    • The W class has been around since 1998 so it's not state of the art design.
      • Re: The W class has been around since 1998 so it's not state of the art design.
        • Racing in ill suited sailboats seems more popular today.
          • But owning a civilized boat! That is something entirely different.
          • Re: Racing in ill suited sailboats seems more popular today.
            • I've long maintained that we are reliving reliving the time of the 19th century of over.....
              • Not to be repetitive repetitive.
                • You mean like a press relase from the Department of Redundancy Department?
          • Class racing is big here...