Hi Mike

A few teething issues regarding polls  - but we’ve received almost as many emails as votes now as votes.  Perhaps we should set up the questions again, and have a longer period for responses?

That is if we can agree the workdng.  So give us your feedback as we’re trying to get an international consensus - and discussion in an open forum like this is a great way to make sure we get all the ideas on the table, so that then each country can form an opinion that will count towards reaching an international agreement.

So please take Nick’s poll as informal – just testing.

There are a few other issues that might lend them to being included in any future poll:

• N:1 downhauls
• Bearings with or without seals, or being shaved
• Foam padded strain bars (comfort, not speed, and it’s not just the SFBs)
• And one for you Mike – shaved blokart tryres – or shall we set max/min dimensions, which the international group prefers

As an occasional Laser sailor (my wife Sue has one) I can see some parallels there.  But I get some satisfaction winning with a 20 year old laser against the new boats and really serious sailors!  What makes the difference their is a decent sail – and extra time reading the sail in a blokart has helped immensely.  So why doesn’t Hatdn have tell-tails  (coz he’s past that).

Cheers

Grant