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Having recently purchased a new YMS Sabre amidst the changes currently going on and still being discussed, I was most concerned to hear about the new plug that Formula Sailcraft was advertising.
I feel very strongly against any manipulation of the design that goes away from a conventional wooden built Sabre. The YMS mould was built from a wooden boat.
Today we can get computer designed models that can be already fully tested using particle beam possessing systems so that it will improve aqua-dynamic properties. If we now put this scenario into building a new Sabre where foam cells are bent and stretched to their max to redefine shape, is this really good for the class? Is this even in the best interests of our family of Sabre owners?
If such an FRP boat was built using this method, can it be made identically in wood as all Sabres where once intended to be? I have no objections to FRP Sabres being built from wooden plugs but if some new shape appeared that could not be replicated in wood then we should all be concerned.
