The Overweight Maid of Pligh

Correspondence between Chief Measurer George Devlin and Pete Bordes, owner of boat 603 (the heaviest boat at the 1960 Nationals), discussing boat weight and its relationship to performance. Pete argues that weight doesn't determine speed and that other design factors are more important.

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• Boat weight
• Performance
• Correspondence
• Design