Interestingly enough the Moths have similar bars as well an nobody is critical of those. I think we have a case of obsessing over a single item here. Most likely nobody gives a damn once the design is sailing. Notice how the Moths even use a bar going forward to stabilize the bottom of the mast. Even 18 foot skiffs have used rods for the same reasons. And yes that is Rohan Veals new Moth design and he is sailing it in the second picture. Now everybody feels it is the epithomy of coolness.








Wouter