The members of the Australian Etchells Association have rejected a resolution pressed heavily by the Association that Mould 11 boats, which do not presently hold measurement certificates, be allowed to race in Australia if not overseas in the coming year.
So, the fighting between Mould 9 owners whose boats have measurement certificates and the Association looks set to continue. But many of the earlier arguments of the Association are starting to fail, with now talk of rectification of Mould 11 hulls or speed bumps on the hulls to equalize performance.
However, in my line of work, when the way forward is difficult or murky, thankfully someone usually asks the “Forrest Gump” question. That is the simple question that ignores all that has gone before and cuts through to the very basis of the controversy…