The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Classic Performance - Part II
While witnessing these wonderful displays of classic yachts outperforming lighter modern boats with their longer waterlines, “something simply just does not ring true!” How can these classics win off scratch in mixed fleets, often against ‘significantly faster’ boats of more ‘flighty’ proportions and high tech construction and yet be considered slow and outdated.