VIDEO: The new carbon 49er rig

Double Olympic medallist Simon Hiscocks gives his impressions of the skiff's new turbo charger

Down in Palma yesterday at the Princess Sofia Mapfre Trophy, double Olympic medallist Simon Hiscocks gave thedailysail a brief tour and his opinions about th49er new carbon fibre rig - as well as a couple of widget he personally markets.

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NB: This video are formatted to play in Windows Media Player and are LARGE in size - therefore only suitable for those with a suitably fast broadband connection. They should play out as they download. Mac users can now view .wmv files by downloading a suitable add on to Quicktime - for example we use Flip4Mac which works a treat. The only noticable difference is that while the clip will play out while downloading on a PC in Internet Explorer, on a Mac it must download first.