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no reason why we cant have dangy poles we are just windage freaks i spose and in triangle configurations only one square
it did catch my eye but i think to learn more about your class would be get ticket and get on one look like great fun
designs have slowed becuase of bump issues i have been dealing with a guy who designs all types of dinghys and sails called michael nash aero my boat has been grandfathered on bump rule and you cannot design anything narrower so i now have a fast design which by new measurement rules very hard to match. michael thinks he can do better but at moment no need.i dont design or build i just race.until something faster comes along which it hasnt no need to change.
this is problem with class michael produced new design every 3 yrs incrementlly faster than last giving as fast sleek looking boats and providing lots of boats to second hand market because of trade up every 3 years
this is not happening for the past 5 yrs and second hand market has dried up leaving it very hard to increase numbers we have fallen from 80 to 40 boats at nsw states sad to see this happen but association thinks new design tiger not a michael nash design can win well it did once and nothing since
complicated story but maybe your class has had similiar situations before
if a design does not  show superior speed to others people wont bother buying and stick with what they already have eg me
nash design aeros dominated class fromearly 80,s to early 2000 20 yrs aero1 to aero11 but allowing measurement bumps eg tequila 96,99 killed the class there was no genious in these desgns just thinner and uglier not a great promotion for class simple mistake savge consequence
see n12 natsionals being held soon?
down loaded n12 sailing guide infomative and great laugh im having a great time checking out the n12
 please stay in touch the real ns14 site is ns14.org look under nsw some good reaching pictures there

yeh but tasar is like a ns14 of about 25yrs ago i like boats that develop not one designs looked at your history a bit 1967 boat called mr jones my name is jones at i was born in 1967 my interest in your class  grows if i went to the taser site i would not see a 1967 design i would just see the same design one after the other we weigh around 126kg 4 kg to light for taser rules so we have to carry corective weight or sail heavy boat which we have done but we enjoy the ns14 class dynamics which seem similiar to yours the continual release of breathwaste oops one design dinghys is killing development sailing in aus

hi from aus,
                    i sail ns14 in downunder and love the look of your boats.our class used to be extremely
competitive but in the last 6 yrs the numbers are drying up and competition level decreased.we had a bump measurement issue which is behind us now but new rules grandfathered these boats and have not allowed anything thinner.we only have one boat builder with a design which isnt selling and a used boat market which is almost dryed up so trying to increase numbers is a very tough deal.sound familiar?like to meet and chat my gf and i discussed and decided in future love to come over and give one of your boats a go maybe you would like to visit us. we are competive in our class ns14 and wuold love to have a run at maybe your nats.i think this kind of exchange could be beneficial to both classes for friendship and ideas please contact love to hear what you may think sjones@idl.com.au
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