Just a phenomenon, not a law.davidh wrote:have you come to any conclusions as to the rationale at work here?
I'm very reluctant to try and guess reasons for such phenomena: that's the sort of thing Social "Scientists" do, and I have have neither their training nor confidence in the scientific basis of their profession! It seems to me that parents who might have been sailing with their dads at the Mirror Nationals when they were 11 are now on the beach watching their own offspring in Oppies and Toppers. It also seems to me that (at least where I sail) dad is seen less at the sailing club than his father was, and mum is now more likely to be watching from on the bank than stuck in the kitchen, whether at home or sailing club. All these are social changes I guess.
The fast boats I have even less idea... Ten years ago I predicted that the 29er generation would result in a big jump in high performance sailing as the skills became more widely distributed, but it appears to me that I was wrong and the 29er generation are now happily sailing RS200s...