Sail-World Boat Test: Flying the fabulous Weta

8:52 PM Fri 14 May 2010 GMT

'Venetian blinding in a Weta - she is remarkably close winded in this mode - Weta Boat test - May 2010' Click Here to view large photo

Sail-World's Richard Gladwell test drives the Weta trimaran off Takapuna Beach, and gives his impression of the boat which won the prestigious sailing World 'Dinghy of the Year' Award for 2010: Over the past 30 or so years there have been several seminal boats and designs. Bruce Kirby did it with the Laser, Hoyle Schwietzer with the Winsurfer, Hobie Alter with the Hobie 16, and Frank Bethwaite did it with the 29er. And now, Roger and Chris Kitchen and the team at Wetamarine have done it with the Weta. One way to judge a boat is by its uses. The ...

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by Richard Gladwell