"Brent" wrote in message
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On Mar 13, 7:17 am, Ignoramus17007 ignoramus17...@NOSPAM.
17007.invalid wrote:
On 2008-03-13, cavelamb himself wrote:

Americas Cub 1995
Australia One

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/08/0310/

So, there is such a thing as a boat designed to be too light.

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I think the hull of those boats gets changed fairly often (every few
years) trying to get better hydrodynamics. when you look at things
that way durability is a low priority if its only needing to stand up
to one or two seasons and wear and tear wont really be a factor

ac boats are designed to practically fall apart at the end of the last race
about 10' over the finish line. if not, then it was designed too strong and
heavy (read: slower).

long term durability is not one of the design constraints.