No scientific basis to 1080 – it just provides good h/cap racing based on past results . Altho’ Shoreham submits annual returns we may well be the only sea club that does so – the rest are submitted by inland clubs i suspect where the fast planing features of the Hartley are of not so much use and where the relative lack of rocker make tacking a little slower and where the winds are lighter .
At Bough Beech last year the Hartleys were somewhat out-classed by the older woodies – I watched as Mike Mac was passed by two on a light weather beat .