I thought this was an interesting topic....<rupert> Chris, the idea of the series was iconic individual dinghies, rather than classes of dinghy, so it isn't surprising that the boats featured either come from development classes or from one designs with tolerances big enough for a designer or builder to do enough tweaking to bring something special out of a design.
What you say about the skiff reducing the popularity of the class is very interesting. In retrospect maybe it is a shame that there wasn't a break away to a scow based Moth at the time.
Of course the Int Moths have spawned other classes before that and since: BM, Europe & Bladerider?? Would another Moth spin-out of been a success?
What does that panel think was the most successful spin-out class there has ever been?
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What dev-class design would of made a good spin-out class of its own?
I always thought that the Proctor Mk IX would of make a wonderful one-design class
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