And now?
long time now, when some of our contacts, we ask the question inevitably post chook chook. These conversations pub, very pleasant over the beer can explore broader horizons. In bulk, I would cite the media raised serious or not. J 80, A 31, K 650, JPK 1010. Each support is a separate program and it is therefore necessary to ask the question of the specification. At this stage, ambitions may also differ ..
So here is my specifications or my notebook constraints:
- I have no money
- I quite like the idea of racing with a small crew but they are often racing on a long format and must be prepared to boats offshore. Safety equipment, beacons, pilot, rafts .. Brief, yet heavy budgets spent on external factors to performance.
- Mount crew of 8 or 10 for racing remains a challenge.
- In IRC boats 35 feet and over, the sensations are rare and must be spent to train a lot to be ahead.
Some comments on the media cited:
- The J80. The budget is reasonable. There are people and level. I think the boat is a calf (from Class 8: little progress?). Not easy to go on racing.
- The A 31. Without doubt the boat he must have in IRC right now. The size is reasonable. It goes fast. The program can be combined inshore and offshore. Budgetary terms it is still a lot of money: 140 000 €? How? Several but this time it must be at least 4. And here is very similar to the previous program. Find a sponsor would be a good idea.
- The JPK 1010: the boat will be out next year and is interposed between the JPK JPK 110 and 960. This will probably be a good boat. The remarks are the same as for A31. It's the same program and just choose.
- The K650. I absentmindedly looked shyly and since this boat was a co Kouyoumdjian and Karver and therefore Tanguy de Lamotte. This is not at all the same program as it is to return to the monotype, on small boats near the open dinghy. The principle of a crew of 4 and I like surfing on a stand a little fun too. The obligation of the crane and on-site inspection Regatta I like less. But to my surprise, the boat seems born evil, crosses behind the Mach and really seems to sentence. So bof!?
I also closely followed the genesis of the boat Longtze because I kept in touch with Pierre Mas and Xavier de Lesquen incubators project. This last one I see often because we are neighbors told me this story over and over small monotype built in China and I listened to this project so far seemed meaningless. At the fair last year, I go see this boat that I find ugly in yellow livery and poorly finished.
Then the circuit starts and I am surprised that some big names involved: Nicolas Bérenger and Erwan Tabarly example. And now until May, I am invited to Port Marine to do a tour and talk with Figaro Tabarly who said the greatest good of the boat. Pierre Mas , present, adds a layer. I look right and left I discovered that the boat was before the Open 750 Bol d'Or and in their wake at the Grand Prix de Deauville.
Here is a video taken to the Naval Academy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzuzRKb4Xow
It makes you want is not it?