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The Shitbox Factor In response to Seppo (formerly) from the VO 70 movistar's proposition that the SA pundits sail their shitboxes at 4 knots or less while Seppo is on shore fixing someone else's shitbox, the SA community conducted a scientific evaluation of the shitbox status amongst them. 109 members voted to date and the results can be viewed here: The results reveal that only 2 members possess a shitbox that cannot exceed 4 knots and that only 2 members find their shitboxes to be real shit. 87% of the membership either likes their shitbox or likes it until a better shitbox comes along, which reveals the open-mindedness and continued ambition to improve present among the members. At the same time, there are 27 members whose shitboxes can sail at faster than 14 but slower than 20 knots and 23 shitboxes which sail faster than 20 knots but no faster than 45 knots. These numbers alone are moderately interesting but combined with the fact that only 25 members possess shitboxes 31 to 40 feet in length and only 13 in excess of 40 feet, this indicates that there are some real fast shitboxes out there in the SA membership that are exceedingly fast for their size. Certainly nothing as big as compared to the multi million dollar shitbox that Movi got from Farr Shitbox Design. On a related matter, Seppo's termination by Movi immediately following his refreshingly candid expression is a real unfortunate event and indicative of what kind of shit our sport has become entangled in with the influx of overpriced events. Regards, 02/20/06 |
