Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
What kind of mere mortal sailing fleet does the 49ner represent in the world?

Who exactly is supposed to have some sort of affinity for the 49ner sailors and their boats? I bet the majority of US multihull sailors could not ID a single 49ner sailor from the USA. We have no relation to them. We don't see them on the water or beach, they don't cross sail our boats and vice versa. .... it's just a different world and we don't care. The 49ner is the vanguard for the X games version of sailing... IE unreal events disconnected from the sport that most of us compete in.


Should spend some time in AUS mate. 12, 14, 16, 18 skiffs. Plently of hypo monos that compare to or are more extreme than the 49ers........ At club level.

Last edited by Tornado_ALIVE; 05/11/11 02:14 AM.