Posted by Anarchist David wrote
that the recent Cabbage Tree Island Race podium was indeed filled by small boats and as any experienced offshore sailor knows there are times when the conditions favour the small boats just as equally there are times when conditions favour the big boats. When at the ‘corner’ of rating size there is always the possibility of conditions suiting one size boat but equally quite the opposite.
This Cabbage Tree island Race lasted 24 hours, was in light primarily reaching conditions, and covered 172Nm AND goes nowhere near the Bass Strait. In other words, less than one-third of the race distance of the Sydney Hobart which is over 600 Nautical Miles long and a much greater difference than the ‘tiredness’ or lack thereof of the smaller shorthanded boats is that the Sydney Hobart is highly unlikely to have the same weather conditions (relatively light reaching) for the 600 miles and the three days or more it takes to complete the race…
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