The Lighter Flying Fifteen......

An item came up at the Fleet AGM about the minimum weight of the FF being reduced - maybe by as much as 20kg, maybe less. Do we really want this?? The FF is never going to become a light boat just by knocking 20kg off it. So why bother? It may well be that for 50 boats on the circuit, or indeed any boat built in the last 15 years with maximum correctors, that this is not an issue. What about the FF owners with Classics and Silvers - what do they think? Indeed what is the opinion of Clubs whose fleets are majorly built on Classics and Silvers - what do they think? At Datchet, a weight reduction might just wash past us as the bulk of our fleet is probably carrying a lot of correctors, but there may be fleets where that is not true. Do we want to create a fourth category of FF when we already have three?? Effectively that's what we might get - a fourth category that sits in between silvers and new boats. We know that people from other fleets read this blog - let us know what you are thinking about this in your Club. Email us at datchetman@flyingfifteen.com