I could not help myself but to note the designs entered into the above event. Here is the table of design and no of entries per design.
Design | No of entries |
Venti | 23 |
K2 | 13 |
V11 | 12 |
Britpop | 6 |
V12 | 5 |
V10 | 4 |
VISS | 3 |
Alioth | 3 |
Can too | 1 |
V9 | 1 |
Viper | 1 |
TBA | 4 |
Not surprising that there are so many Ian Vickers designs given the events location but the dominant design has to be the Venti which I guess is so popular after the success of Olivier Cohen in the last worlds in Croatia and subsequent events. There are 3 of the new Sailboat RC designs, VISS and I suspect we may see a fourth appear but that is just me guessing. Had the top British showed up in force, I am sure the Britpop numbers would be larger.
To be honest the winner could come from anywhere but looking at recent history, there are a handful of names who will be positioned for the win. Previous events have shown that nearly any of these designs could feature in the top ten but it will take something special to top the list at the end of the championship.
Four months to go. Let the preparations begin.
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