Recent comments from Members

  • macca
    03/02/2012 - 22:32
    In response to: Farr 40 stacks up against newer rivals
    Perhaps the Farr 40 class should consider why its numbers have been in decline well before the Farr400 and M38 arrived?
  • 381394
    03/02/2012 - 12:01
    In response to: Acciona - design development
    What a brilliant article James. I've got a lot of time for Merfyn, and now it's reinforced by his frank and honest take on curved daggerboards. Following a trend for the sake of it is the easy way out, so hats off to him for sticking to what he believes is correct. Great looking boat guys!
  • 229264
    24/01/2012 - 20:35
    In response to: Women's Offshore Worlds
    good luck
  • James Boyd
    24/01/2012 - 10:00
    In response to: McConaghy 38 - carbon fibre skimming dish sportsboat
    In fact the Melges 32 has one too...
  • James Boyd
    24/01/2012 - 09:58
    In response to: McConaghy 38 - carbon fibre skimming dish sportsboat
    Quite right. Well spotted. I'll change the article. Thanks. James
  • edfryer
    23/01/2012 - 21:46
    In response to: McConaghy 38 - carbon fibre skimming dish sportsboat
    Doesn't the Melges 24 have a carbon keel fin?
  • Chr1s
    17/01/2012 - 16:23
    In response to: Russell Coutts' Cupdate
    The AC TV certainly shows up the Volvo TV!
  • wideload16
    15/01/2012 - 23:03
    In response to: Global Ocean Race's leg 2 man overboard incident revealed
    wow what a story..
  • Mats Ohlsson
    10/01/2012 - 06:06
    In response to: Video: The nuts and bolts of Loki pt2
    Thank you so much for Loki part one and two. It was both very interesting and very enjoyable. Please give us more of this, maybe with a better camera (carrying a light for under deck shots)and don't hesitate to go more into technical detail. Please more of this! Mats Ohlsson
  • chris.tutmark
    08/01/2012 - 17:32
    In response to: VIDEO: Brian Thompson fresh from the Jules Verne
    awesome!
  • James Boyd
    29/12/2011 - 11:55
    In response to: Big boat arrivals
    Is it our imagination or are there a lot of rigging failures occurring in offshore racing at the moment?
  • haizeko
    27/12/2011 - 08:14
    In response to: Telefonica finishes two minutes ahead of Camper
    Mistery port is not a mistery anymore: Male
  • haizeko
    26/12/2011 - 07:05
    In response to: Camper takes the lead
    An small annotation: it was Telefonica who leaded the way through the doldrums, Camper followed
  • strongarm
    23/12/2011 - 22:33
    In response to: Christmas in Madagascar
    The Volvo Ocean Race is the pinnacle of fully crewed, round the world ocean racing. Let's be honest, most of us would rather see more than 6 boats competing. In the first leg, three boats failed to finish and in this leg one boat has experienced rig problems. Might it be time to consider a one design approach. It will certainly generate a level playing field, which will perhaps attract more corporate sponsorship.
  • seahorse
    21/12/2011 - 12:43
    In response to: Ainslie outburst prompts need for regulation
    I don't wish to knock the principle here, but it would be interesting to hear how many who are reading this article have actually watched any of the TV footage from Perth? Please enlighten me. Andrew
  • James Boyd
    19/12/2011 - 08:51
    In response to: Rigging problem for Sanya
    This will obviously present significant logistical issues for the team as it means they may miss the ship leaving the 'unknown' destination port bound for the Gulf
  • 223609
    16/12/2011 - 15:16
    In response to: Ainslie outburst prompts need for regulation
    Thanks for the interesting article. I wonder if catamarans for the tv cameras would help? Rowing had the same problem a few years ago of tv boats washing down competitors and solved it by switching to catamarans which produced much less wash.
  • martin.oughton
    15/12/2011 - 20:22
    In response to: IMOCA 60s to go one design for 2016?
    David Raison has just brilliantly demonstrated what is so good about development classes. Bravo David! IMOCA class should not be one design, if they want to curb costs take a look at the rules. Material restrictions, ISO and GL standards only limit the performance of the yacht not the cost of the campaign. If they are serious about controlling costs then enforce some resource restrictions. F1 does this but badly, several teams spend over the limit but say catch me if you can and then fine me when you do. Sailing isn't F1 no matter how you look at it which is why I believe a resource restriction/budget cap would be worth investigating.
  • 738272
    14/12/2011 - 15:22
    In response to: Awaiting the North Atlantic buster
    wow !
  • HieldM
    14/12/2011 - 15:22
    In response to: IMOCA 60s to go one design for 2016?
    The one design option should be restricted to 2016 and reviewed after this. Perhaps a choice of two design could be available for 2016, not the cost savings of a one one design but cheaper than the situation now, however there are a number of options that can be considered, it's finding the right balance in getting enough competitive boats on the start line and cost, which may just see a few top boats out classing all other boats.
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