Rattler |
For 1978 a new handicapping system had been introduced in response to growing angst about the direction of the IOR. This new Measurement Handicap System (MHS) requirement machine measurement of hulls and was a forerunner of the IMS. The MHS was designed to improve the chances for more cruising-oriented yachts, and MHS proponents were delighted when the 1978 series was won by Babe, a 40 foot yawl, but even Babe's owner acknowledged "we have set yacht design back 30 years".
Carina, the 1974 winner of the series |
English yacht Saracen, a Bruce Farr centreboard One Tonner and sistership to Downtown (converted to a fixed keel for the One Ton Cup in Flensburg later that year) |
The MHS machine in use at the Newport Shipyard on one of the competing yachts |
The winner of the 1974 One Ton Cup, the Peterson design Gumboots |
Rebel |
Wa Wa Too |
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