Monday, 28 January 2013

A Class catamarans at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club's Festival of Sail

From the following Sail-World article

http://www.sail-world.com/Australia/Festival-of-Sails-2013---International-A-Class---Breakthrough-win/106001

Festival of Sails 2013. With a borrowed boat and a demon of an alias, International A-Class young-gun David Parker claimed his first ever major regatta win.

Parker started the final day’s racing with a win in the mildest conditions of the regatta so far, a meek 10 knots from the southeast.

It was enough to make the boat builder nervous; knowing full well that 20-knots wind speed is his racing sweet spot.

'I was really worried at the start, you know, there are nine or 10 blokes out there who could win this,’’ he said.

But, he found new confidence racing his father’s catamaran, a relatively new design DNA A-Class.


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