Chief Measurer Views Hull and Sail Questions

Chief Measurer George Devlin addresses technical questions about reducing sailcloth weight restrictions for synthetic materials and whether to allow foreign three-ply hull construction. He discusses the challenges of enforcement and proposes data collection methods.

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• technical standards
• sailcloth
• hull construction
• measurements
• George Devlin
• Chief Measurer
• three-ply
• synthetics