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This
year is our seventh annual survey of equipment used by yachts in
the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers from the Canary Islands to St Lucia.
We believe this represents the ultimate road test of gear used in
anger in the field, and we have brought it online so you can see
for yourself how gear fared.
Our
survey is an entirely independent assessment made by the skippers
themselves and it covers a broad spectrum of yachts from 30 to 100ft,
each sailing nearly 3,000 miles. What follows is their unvarnished
opinions.
This
year, our survey was completed by 189 skippers. They were asked
to specify the make and model of equipment used in the 8 categories
listed here ->
They were also asked to rate them 1 to 10 for:
- Reliability
- User
Friendliness
- Value
for Money
The
database of their answers can be accessed by clicking on any of
the categories on the right and includes skippers' personal comments
on equipment and any failures they experienced.
We
comment on this in more detail in the magazine in the July and August
issues of Yachting World.
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