Taking a bit of time out of the boat and using it to do all those jobs I promised during the season but never got to. I've tidied up the front end putting on new towers courtesy of Chris Rast. Made of bearing grade PEEK they really do the trick in stabilizing the wand axle. Whilst there I bent the wand link so it runs at 90 deg and redid the lines.Foils are painted (courtesy of Karl W), and now I can see some of the weave etc I think its a massive difference and something that really needs doing on each boat. If this isn't enough I've been co opted onto the Exec to help sort out a suitable ruling for the Wings that promise to be at Belmont. Not an easy task as we try to ram a round peg (a wing) into a square hole (Our rules allow them but don't contemplate how to measure them) but Squadron Leader Mark Robinson, aided by wing man Adam May are doing a great job in guiding us through it.
We recently ran a basic survey of the US Class membership and it was overwhelming majority want to see us race wings and have a practical set of rules that will allow us to measure them with little drama.
Belmont looks like it will be epic with 120 entries, really cant believe I won't be there.
Finally as you can see from the title, I'm still going through my Rolling Stones phase spurred on by reading Keith Richards autobiography.
Till next year.....
