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	SWORD was designed for the 2005 world championship held at Gosport. The summer winds there tend to be dominated by light airs in the morning overcome later in the day by the sea breeze and that is exactly what prevailed for the week. The boat performed well taking the top two places (2nd by Ken Binks sailing the class for the first time). Early boats were built using coloured gel coat and hand lamination into conventional moulds with ambient temperature curing. Like our Marblehead and Ten Rater the primary hull moulding of SWORD is made in one piece using pre-preg carbon. Photo by Steve Poole	popup size 53 kb

	The hull form of SWORD allows virtually the full length to be used at normal windward sailing speeds. Although designed for best performance at Gosport for the world championship the exceptionally light construction and attention to detail gives the boat an edge across the wind speed range. The 2008 and 2009 AUS championships were won by Gary Cotterell who bought the prototype SWORD after it won the 2005 world championship. Ken Binks won the GBR Veterans' and Open championships as well as the PRACC series in 2008 wit his SWORD. Photo by Steve Poole	popup size 64 kb

	This was one of the first four SWORDs and was used by Gerry Gray at the 2005 world champoionship. A coloured gel coat is no longer availalbe as hulls are now made using pre-preg carbon. The mast used for SWORD was originally 15.4 mm diamter carbon GROOVY. As that material is no longer available we have had a special tube made that tapers from 14 mm diameter round section to 14 x 5 mm elliptical section. The lower 1000 mm is made of 16 mm round carbon. The new mast saves weight and reduces windage at the mast head while retaining good fore and aft stiffness. Photo by SAILSetc	popup size 119 kb

	The fin and rudder have sections designed specailly for the typical operating range of Reynolds Numbers. They are made in CNC machined metal moulds that guarantee the section shape and symmetry. The ballast has a flattened section that lowers the vertical centre of gravity while increasing the effective aspect ratio of the fin. Weight reduction of the boat construction has increased the typical ballast weight from 12.5 kgs (2005) to 13.0+ kg (2009) giving a ballast ratio well in excess of 80%. Photo by SAILSetc	popup size 106 kb

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