I have to let all of you know that there is a major design trend sweeping the highest level of sailboat racing that is being totally ignored by the mainstream of r/c sailboat racers–OVERLAPPING JIBS.
These revolutionary sails (called by some “Genoa Jibs”)have now been used on the boats that have won the recent Sydney/Hobart Race, the America’s Cup, the Admiral’s Cup and the Newport to Bermuda race. They are in fact being used by both the fastest monohulls and multihulls in the world.
I have been sailing model boats with overlapping jibs at my secret underground location for over ten years now and not only are they 67.2% faster, they are also much more “nifty” than other sails. Sailing a boat with an overlapping jib is a different experience that must be mastered, but once you have tried it there is nothing more “neato”.
Shockingly, not a single active r/c racing class incorporates this revolutionary technology. I have heard that model boats once existed using these types of jibs and so-called scale boats still use them. I believe, however, that the only reason these boats are not being raced everywhere in r/c sailing is because of a “retro” conspiracy to hide the truth and bury this breakthrough. I also believe that each and every r/c racing sailor that does not use these sails is afraid of new technology (and snakes).
However, nothing can stop the progress of overlapping jibs. In Austrailia there are thousands of full scale boats using this technology and maybe even a model boat. I am aware of two men in a bar in Hoboken, New Jersey who are drawing pictures of these breakthough sails on cocktail napkins. I had a dream last night and in it a friend of a friend of a cousin of mine knows a woman who will soon be marketing a model boat with two(2)overlapping jibs.
I am also excited to say that I have contacted the city of Genoa, Italy and I have obtained the exclusive license to make “Genoa Jibs™” for all boats from 12.2 inches up to 999.96 inches. Out of the goodness of my heart, I will however freely allow any individual to use this technology for a one off individual project, but I reserve the right to charge royalties for other related products I might discover. (A warning to all of you who are using my trademarked product “String”, I know where you live!)
“Genoa Jibs ™” are available from me today. I expect I will deliver them to customers sometime within the next three years after I have built the first one. They will also be class legal in the only “real” model boat racing class–the “Formula Simulac” of which there are currently thousands of boats being contemplated by me.
For those of you who think that I now made my point and should move on, let me promise you that I will be posting again in approximately six hours and ever six hours thereafter listing each and every full size racing boat that has won a race anywhere in the world that used a “Genoa Jib ™”. I will also include references to the “Genoa Jib ™” in every thread on this board (For example: Topic: Breakfast Foods–My response: Did you know that cereal tastes better eaten on a “Genoa Jib ™”)
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Next week, I will report on a new breakthrough-- a device called the “trim tab”. You will be shocked to learn that every single boat in the America’s Cup had one.
IMPORTANT UPDATE/NEW INFORMATION: I really don’t have anything more to say, I just wanted to see this post listed again so I “edited” it. And maybe I’ll do the same thing again tomorrow.