カーボンマストのその後（デザイナーレポートから）

2015年のWTC会議で発表されたデザイナーレポートがWTCのWebページに掲載されています。

それによるとテーザーのカーボンマストの開発は中断されたようです。
以下のように記されています。

I need to stress, Mum and I, thought long and hard about the new carbon rig for the Tasar and though there was a small majority in favour, we decided not to proceed.   The reason from my point of view are:-

a)      Yep we would lose some sailors but we would gain others so that was a zero net gain and that's not a positive.

b)      Cost to do it would take probably 5-7 years to recover, and that's about normal, so that was a positive.

c)      It would lead to a reduction in the price of sails, plus a new look, modernisation, and that's a big positive.

d)      But the biggy was there was no champion to carry this through.   I can't do it.  Alistair, who is the logical other is now pretty heavily committed elsewhere, and there is presently no other person standing up and willing to take it on and make it happen.

That may sound pessimistic, I in fact think otherwise!     We are in for change, Parky going, Alistair and his Victorian cohorts being less vocal, someone new will bubble up, maybe someone from Seattle, or a POM with new fresh ideas and new passion.

To burden those people with a 2-3 year development project (carbon mast) was unfair.

決定的な理由として、開発を推進するスタッフが確保できないことが挙げられています。


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