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Ramblings on “distortion”, and how to avoid it.
The phenomena of designers distorting the functional shape and appendages of a yacht to gain a rating advantage is not a new one.
Self Examination-AWBF features Australia
Given the difficulties in travel and transport over the last few years, the festival organisers made a cleaver decision for 2023, to highlight Australian designers and builders and with the release of the full program on line, we can now see how they are intending to do this.
“Always look aloft”-Uffa Fox, 50 years on.
A completely intuitive designer, Uffa Fox, trusted his gut feelings about what made a boat fast, seaworthy, fun to sail and safe.
Wally Ward designs and the CA’s
Wally Ward was perhaps the last truly ‘amateur’ designer to have one of his boats win the Sydney-Hobart race and also one of the most successful designers to use the metacentric shelf principle.