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Hello fellow competitors and Contender sailors -
please find attached a spreadsheet with the boat data that was collected at the recent World Championships in Kingston. If you have problems opening the document, you can also find it in PDF form on the ICA site:
(http://contenderclass.org/images/stories/worlds2008/worlds_2008_boat_data.pdf)
Thanks to Stephanie Mah for help with this.
For the analytically inclined, there is also a terrific new, experimental tool available, courtesy of IBM and others. It is called "Many-Eyes.com" and allows collaborative analysis and visualization of data sets. I will upload the Contender boat data also to this site. You can access it by going to "many-eyes.com" and searching for "contender sailing". You can create and add your own charts and data interpretations (which everyone else in turn then can use, admire or ridicule). I have not included personal data like age or weight here. Depending on the group consensus or complaints that could be up for debate. Tell me what you think.

While looking at all that data it dawned on me that a potentially very telling data point is missing, which is everyone's height. I forgot to ask for that in Kingston. Everyone who sailed in Kingston, if you read this and don't mind, please e-mail me with your height information (to JoRoesler@msn.com). And tell me if you agree having your weight and age information included in that data set on Many-Eyes. I won't put it there unless you confirm. I think it will add up to interesting insights for the coming winter months.

Happy sailing,
JoR

Joachim Roesler
4 Parting Brook Rd
New Canaan, CT 06840
USA
JoRoesler@msn.com

CONTENDER Worlds 2008
	Sail #	Name	Boat	Mast	Mast alu/carbon	Boom	Boom alu/carbon	Sail	Centerboard	Total Points
	DEN 44	Andreasen, Soren	Bonezzi	Avantgarde	carbon	Wavelength	carbon	Elvstrom	Bonezzi	23,0
	USA 2372	Anosov, Arthur	Wavelength	CST	carbon	Wavelength	carbon	North	Bonezzi	94,0
	CAN 81	Bieber, Bernie	Rondar (composite)	Wavelength	alu	Superspar	alu	Quantum	Rondar	197,0
	GER 488	Billerbeck, Max	Harpprecht (Wood)	Kraus	carbon	CST	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	41,0
	USA 2396	Bixby, Ethan	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	North	Harpprecht	38,0
	GER 53	Brandt, Oliver	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Cicada	Harpprecht	35,0
	USA 192	Cameron, Brad	Rondar	Holmspar	alu	Bonezzi	carbon	North (Mylar)	Rondar	190,0
	CAN 967	Chiddy, Joshua	Rondar	Windrush	carbon	Windrush	carbon	Cassidy (JC)		169,0
	GER 540	Engel, Christoph	Rondar	CST	carbon	Bonezzi	carbon			103,0
	NED 233	Haanstra, Jan	Bonezzi	Avantgarde	carbon	Bonezzi	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	101,0
	AUS 2323	Hamilton, Marcus	Bonezzi	CST	carbon	CST	carbon	Wavelength	Bonezzi	16,0
	GER 531	Harpprecht, Joachim	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Cicada	Harpprecht	37,0
	GER 551	Homeier, Christoph	Bonezzi	CST	carbon	CST (?)	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	41,0
	CAN 726	Janidlo, Tom	Rondar	Holmspar	alu	Superspar	alu	Quantum	Milanes	233,0
	CAN 84	Magnan, Joel	Rondar	Wavelength	carbon	Superspar	alu	Wavelength	Milanes	150,0
	CAN 80	Mah, Stephanie	Wavelength	Wavelength	alu	Wavelength	alu	Wavelength		188,0
	CAN 2428	Martin, Peter	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Cicada	Harpprecht	163,0
	CAN 2399	Martin, Rodger	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	99,0
	USA 200	Maschi, Mike	Rondar	Proctor D	alu	FORTE	carbon	Bartlett	Rondar	224,0
	GBR 1771	Mollat, Alan	Bonezzi	Cassidy	carbon	Wavelength	carbon	Cassidy (JC)	Bonezzi	100,0
	CAN 68	Needham, Richard	Tony Smith	Proctor D	alu	Proctor	alu	Webster	AUS (Wood)	196,0
	GER 425	Roesler, Joachim	Bonezzi	FORTE	carbon	FORTE	carbon	North	Harpprecht	98,0
	CAN 2398	Smith, Neil	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	North	Harpprecht	67,0
	CAN 2397	Smits, Michael	Harpprecht	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	89,0
	AUS 2443	Sutherland, Chris	Windrush	CST	carbon	Windrush	carbon	Wavelength	Windrush (medium)	33,0
	NED 212	Thorborg, Bart	Bonezzi	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	Wavelength	TEB Sail	67,0
	NED 232	Thorborg, Mark	Bonezzi	Wavelength	carbon	Superspar	carbon	Wavelength (Mylar)	TEB Sail	86,0
	NED 218	Thorborg, Rik	Bonezzi	Wavelength	carbon	Superspar	carbon	Wavelength	Harpprecht	100,0
	ITA 99	Versari, Marco	Bonezzi	CST	carbon	CST	carbon	Wavelength	TEB Sail (medium)	20,0
	GBR 621	Weedon-Jones, Vanessa	Wavelength	Wavelength	alu	Wavelength	carbon	North (Kevlar)	Milanes	188,0
	GBR 473	White, Rodger	Rondar	Wavelength	alu	Superspar	alu	Wavelength	Milanes (Wood)	103,0
	CAN 1599	Whittington, Frank	Bonezzi	Goldspar	alu	Bonezzi	carbon	North	Bonezzi	152,0
	Can 61	Wood, Steven	Rondar	Holmspar	alu	Proctor	alu	Tony Smith	JoR	219,0
	USA 2117	Woolley, Gil	Bonezzi	Harpprecht	carbon	Harpprecht	carbon	North	Bonezzi	161,0