Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Team
I'm hard headed. Usually I bin things like tuning guides and spend a season or two getting my own numbers through trial and error. For the most part the numbers end up being exactly like those in the binned tuning guide. Maybe that's not very smart. Maybe it is because I end up understanding the numbers. Moth sailing is different. It's not just about trial and error, it's about engineering. What looks the same to the naked eye can be miles apart in performance. It's about having a team of people with very special skills and putting theory and practice together. The most impressive improvement of the year required five minutes of work with 400 grit wet or dry. When our engineer suggested it I was skeptical - when the points scored dropped by an average of 30% I was eating humble pie.
We hit all the targets set for ourselves this year. The special parts we built proved reliable. Top speed has gone up 10%. We bring our individual exprerience together to make things better. We are a team. We're only just getting started.
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Hi Giovanni,
ReplyDeleteThis is the most sensible post I have read all year! I totally agree with you that the only way forward is teamwork.
Gone are the days of individual innovation as there is just too much for one person to accomplish... build an exceptional boat, sail it exceptionally well, create more exceptional innovative ideas... definitely requires a team...
Good luck.
Phil
Giovanni,
ReplyDeletewould you mind sharing what you use the 400 grit wet or dry on. Horizontals? I thought they'd best be polished. Verticals to avoid ventilation?
Thanks,
Malte
What I did was a fix for a perceived problem on my horizontal - would not necessarily work on other foil.
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