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Comment on Mothcast show 13 – Bora is Back by Robert Green

Robert Green — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:14:10 +0000

It’s pretty clear to me why everyone wants to buy the same gear as the top guys. There are two main factors in performance – gear and skill. You can buy the best gear, you can’t buy skill.

If someone is good enough to win a World Championship, then whatever gear they are using must be pretty good. Funny how Nathan can beat Bora in the Aus and US Nats, yet because Bora won the worlds, everyone wants a Mach 2.

Go figure.

Comment on Number crunching by CrashGybeF22

CrashGybeF22 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:20:33 +0000

Hmm,
Gota agree with both comments. The gybes were sucky but ( and having the advantage of looking at it blow by blow) the upwind legs still overshoot the top mark, the gybes are slow, but better. The run is not as fast consistently as it could be and the tacks are eating up heaps of time. Having this type of analysis points to the problems and validates your findings. The ability to perform this analysis was not around when we were kids and I am sure that with the benefit of coaches we could have been as good as some ( somewhere )

But I think that the biggest issue is all the years of saying that you can’t. There is no substitute for doing it every weekend ( or day ). I noticed last weekend that I have lost race pace, because I have not been racing, but it came back once I got the feel ( after about 15 kmiles ). Keep up the work on the water, there is no substitute for practice.

Comment on Number crunching by Munter

Munter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:50:29 +0000

Great analysis!

Comment on Number crunching by Phil Stevenson

Phil Stevenson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:40:09 +0000

Too much analysis Bruce.
Best answer to first question is ……..
…….Gybing

Comment on 10% by Jon

Jon — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:35:04 +0000

Well done Bruce!

Comment on Mothcast show 13 – Bora is Back by phil Oligario

phil Oligario — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:32:01 +0000

Great episode. I particularly liked the bit at the end where you get busted by the security guard! You Aussies are streaks ahead on the podcast front.. We’ll have to work on that angle in the future.

Comment on Dave Lister’s Garage sale … all must go by Dave lister

Dave lister — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:01:31 +0000

Wy would I buy a Mach 2

Comment on Dave Lister’s Garage sale … all must go by Mach2Man

Mach2Man — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:32:10 +0000

I KNEW he would eventually get a Mach 2. So much for the “king of the homebuilts”.

Comment on Dave Lister’s Garage sale … all must go by Grant

Grant — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:55 +0000

Hey Bruce,
Is Dave getting out??

Comment on Cleaning house … old foils must go by PJC

PJC — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:16:13 +0000

Hi,

Are there any moulds, particularly for small parts or deck available?

cheers

PJC