[quote=MN3][quote]Always hard to judge a new development when only rock-stars are using it. ... Nobody ever gives their sails to the back of the fleet to demonstrate how much the slow guys improve. [/quote]
We were lucky enough to purchase the "used" gear from the Olympic Tornado sailors here for a few years (via jill/robbie of Red Gear Racing). It was amazing to get high quality sails, cutting edge tech (just slightly used, but no longer "new" enough for top level racers to use).
I had the Ogletree - Lovell main (had to cut off just a little for my 5,5 mast) and our friend had the Silver winning sail from the games in Greece on his 6.0. It was cuben fiber and he was fast! I currently have a "prototype" reaching spin from the last Olympics that had Tornado's still)
I like what they did with the alter cup (with all same cat models and gear) : where the teams swap (loaner) boats between races to keep things as fair as possible<!-- editby --><em>Edited by MN3 on Nov 27, 2017 - 01:30 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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