Vele One Design per il Tornado |
La ITA (International Tornado Class Association) in seguito a votazione da parte dei propri membri ha deciso che da ora in avanti le vele del catamarano saranno One Design (uguali per tutti, stesso tessuto, stesso disegno ricavato dallo stesso file e stesso prezzo garantito per 4 anni) e saranno prodotte da Ullman Sails Italia (Fondata da Giorgio Zuccoli).
Se non ho capito male lo scopo sarebbe quello di abbattere i costi e rendere di nuovo appetibile il Tornado come Classe Olimpica.
Di seguito più o meno tutti i fact relativi
Sail Pricing
Excluded Tax
Including
20% Ita VAT
Tornado OD mainsail, no battens € 1.150,00 € 1.380,00
Tornado OD Jib € 550,00 € 660,00
Tornado OD Spinnaker € 750,00 € 900,00
Existing sails will be grandfathered.
PROS
No advantage for Professionals who have their own sail designs. All sailors have the same sail material to win races.
No expensive sail develop programs for Olympic sailors.
No more extreme sails designs for light or heavy wind locations.
No more surprises we had with Code Zero sails at the China Olympics.
Better quality of Sails, longer lasting sailcloth.
Proven all round Sail Designs (from World- and Olympic Champions), which are made for
medium weight teams.
Price reduction
Knowledge transfer between the sailors of all levels. The top-secrets are over, able to supply a standard tuning guide on the website.
CONS
Sails development locked for 4 year, Tornado performance supremacy at risk
No longer be the continual improvement with new technology.
Second hand sail market effected initially
Potentially effect extreme range of crew weight
Via | catsailingnews.blogspot.com
