ILCA Announces new Standard Sail |
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Friday, 01 April 2011 14:43 | |||
Today the International Laser Class Association announced the release of the long anticipated new sail for the Standard Rig! April Fool's for 2011! In development since the Fall of 2006, the work has long been shrouded in secrecy. It can now be revealed that early computer modeling was done on the compute farms of Bear Stearns and AIG in the Summer of 2008, though this had absolutely nothing to do with the collapse of the financial markets soon thereafter. Design work was shared between companies that refused to talk to each, initially slowing the project somewhat. Forward progress was finally achieved after the advent of a secret carrier pigeon network between the designers. Development team clearing out the test facility before returning home from Antarctica
The sail is intended to position the Laser to continue to dominate singlehanded sailing for decades to come. Said Heini Wellmann, President of ILCA, "Sailors have been asking for an improved Standard sail since I came to the Laser Class and I was determined to give them even more than what they wanted!" The sail will also achieve the goal of further separating the Radial from the Standard rigs since the average weight necessary to hold the boat flat when sailing upwind has now increased to 250 lbs. Scroll down for a picture of the new sail...
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Last Updated on Saturday, 02 April 2011 14:15 |