this one falls into the category of "OMG, They Can't Be Serious!" Nevertheless, this new J/24 "go-fast" equipment shows how
Tim Corbett's J/24 has
taken summer beer can racing to a whole new level-- if not beyond
professional grade, perhaps certifiable? You can bet this team is
pretty popular out on the water, particularly when people start getting
thirsty.
Note the meticulous care to use a large overhead 2-ton crane to lower in a full keg of
Grolsch beer
(this guys aren't skimping on good beer, that's for sure) into the
"hold" of a J/24-- substituting the top of the keg most assuredly for
the normal companionway steps (the old Igloo Cooler). Then, in what
appears to be extraordinary attention to detail, note how the Igloo
Cooler has been converted into a "cold tap" that has immediate access
from the cockpit adjacent to the primary genoa winches. If you want the
fancy engineering plans, along with all the CAD/CAM and VPPs and FE
analysis that shows how to improve J/24 performance and the PSYCHOLOGY
TODAY impact study on crew moral enhancement and the Stan Honey analysis
of YACHTING'S GREATEST INVENTIONS SINCE MAN SAILED LOGS and how that
applies to the total average overall boatspeed of a J/24 pre-and-post
"liquidation", be sure to contact Tim-- he's got all the answers. We're
certain he'd be happy to "convert" other J/24s to a similar point of
view.
