The changes as they were discussed at the meeting
1) #1 sail cloth. the issue becomes the life of the sail. Its clear that even dacron is fast in its first races (Arbella got #2 @the NA's with one). If you can pay a litte more for a Kevlar or other material and double the life of the sail that should be between you and your sailmaker. (I'm a pannel sail guy) New materials are going to come along and improve performance thru life expentency. The base foil remains the same.
2) #2 I've had one that was new when I got Falcon 8 years ago and I've raced with it zero times in one design and 2 or 3 times in PHRF. Kill the sucker its a dog.
3) #3 The sail is to small to give you the punch in the 14 knot range the extra 15% will give it some more drive.
4) Carbon spin poles. No one is going to change out a pole that works for a carbon one (If money was no object we would be sailing 105's) The weight difference is less that a 12 pack of beer!
5) Adjustable tracks If someone wants to spend the money fine but its not going to win the N/A's for you
In general I feel that all the proposed changes are good for the class. None are required to sail in the N/A's None will make the difference in winning the N/A's That is more based on good starts excellent crew work and a little bit of luck.
Lets get these changes made so we can balance one design and the rest of the racing that we all do. this is a nation wide class and we need to balance every ones needs
Charlie Stoddard
