INTERNATIONAL ONE METRE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 - A Fleet - Race 21 

Dude thats not as funny as you think it is

It is an open design class... www.sailing.org/classesandequipment/IOM.php

This class does just this, the boats are not identical and hull shapes differ from boat to boat. Also if that's your opinion then you have never gone sailing. Restrictions are required to prevent the person with the most money from winning and even with tight rules this still happens. Identical hulls make it all about skill instead of who put the most money into their boat to make it ultra competitive.

​@@KnowledgePerformance7 I participate in many sailing races (in my language those are call Regatas, not sure what is the right translation for english) with big sailboats. Any sailboat could compete.. but we had handicap to make it fair, the handicap was calculated with an equation and after that, each time a sailboat won, the handicap for that special model raised. But there are many ways that you can allow talent competition in the same time than design innovation, of course you can have a bit more of talent competition instead construction, or you can have the other way around.. As I said (my opinion) I find more interesting when it has more of design than talent, even more at RC scale, because is cheaper. There is nothing wrong having the other way around. I just prefer that.. So keep all your: "you must be ignorant" comments to your self.

@@AngelLestat2 that is a fair angle, but I think at the rc scale doesn't make a ton of sense. I have sailed in plenty of handicap races out of marblehead and while I did enjoy them, I much prefer one design. I may of been a bit aggressive with my comment, sorry about that.

@@KnowledgePerformance7 no, is ok.. TydalWind also pointing me that it was an open design class, so I thumb up his reply. Yeah, there is nothing best than equal model to just measure talent.. But I guess the competitions that really provide free style on the design contributes a lot to technology evolution. For example, what would happen if someone would made a lighter than air sail (similar to an airship) attached by a tether to a foil in the water, being the weight of the foil the one that keeps the height constant and counter lateral movement to advance forward. Or different design inspired from the vestas sailrocket, of course those design may have terrible performance with certain wave height or wind conditions, so the competition should also measure performance in different cirscustances, RC scale makes much easier to fast prototype without huge expenses, and these tournaments can provide so much insight to the sail industry. And yeah, my first comment looks like an statement, but it was just my personal point of view, nothing else.

Real sailing is a different thing altogether.

Raging_Owl Gamer this coming from someone who loves minecraft? And you call yourself a gamer. Grow up tough kid.

It is simply different, like comparing two musical instuments, violin or contrabass... Some pro Olimpic sailors can't beat pro RC sailors on their regatta in highly developed IoM class foe example, so let that soak in for you if you understand what it means... ;)