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Old September 4th 04, 12:18 AM
Bruce Hoult
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"iPilot" wrote:

2)Yes, the PW-5 is a true monotype for olympic specs : design is

public

What is so special in PW-5 model that cant be replicated in LS-4 if it's
being made public? You described the very idea of the monoclass. It is
independent of the specific model and can be applied on LS-4 as well.
About racing PW-5 in Olympics - it's the same as if in the sailing an
Optimist would be Olympic class. Leave the beginners gliders for beginners
and competition gliders for competitors.


You're way off.

The PW-5 is more like a Laser (and I own one). Not very fast but a lot
of fun. Both can actually go places, if not as quite quickly as some.
The optimist is more like ... well it's probably worse than even a 1-26.


The LS-4 I'd compare to a 12m yacht such as KZ-7 (the first fibreglass
12m). The best you could at one time get in a money-is-no-object class,
but now bypassed.

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