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Gray Daze
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Topic: 2 man boat for lightweight crew! Posted: 27 Oct 06 at 9:00pm |
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Hobbo
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 06 at 10:38pm | |
Might be a bit light for one but Fireball's are good boats, symmetrical spinny tho coming out of a 420 i wouldnt have thought you'd consider that a disadvantage?
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Gray Daze
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yellowhammer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 27 Oct 06 at 11:20pm | |
don't get depressed Grey Days the 3000 deserves a bit of a revival since opening up the class rules ... it's no longer a SMOD. you could pick up a reasonable boat for around £2000 these days, and add the new North sails for £950. you can also change to aft bridle and gnav which vastly improves the feel of the boat:
we have two coaching events each year, but only six opens (2-day events), one a month over the main season, so if you want to be travelling away to series events every other weekend it may not suit you. you get the full age range at events, with small numbers and a range of experience ... enter a 29er event and you'll be in amongst some very competitive youth sailors if it's more important to you to have a managable assy/trap boat with a small sail area, bit underpowered in the light stuff, but fun in a blow rather than being intimidating, you probably couldn't do much better Edited by yellowhammer |
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Laser 3000 @ Leigh & Lowton SC
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Gray Daze
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Medway Maniac
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 06 at 1:56am | |
I guess the weight requirement will prob be similar for 3k & 29'er. As to whether you'll get good enough fpr the '9'er, who knows? Many never reach the relaxed stage with their tippiness, which I gather is why the RYA was going to drop the 29'er as a youth boat until the ISAF chose it... THe 3k is a doddle by comparison, but still great fun - I would never go back to my 420! Where do you sail Gray Daze? |
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Prince Buster
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 06 at 9:38am | |
yeah i don't think its the weight issue in the 29er because i felt if
anything slightly underpowered in about 20kts and we're only a stone
heavier than you but it's what you say about the tippyness that worries
me. The 29er did seem quite tippy and it seemed like you have to
be sailing it "in the zone" the whole time and if you make a mistake
like dragging a leeward gunwhale i think it could punish you quite
quickly. So if you wanted something more stable to start off in
then i think a 3000 would be fine.
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Jack Sparrow
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 06 at 11:39am | |
Dude you are NOT TO SMALL for a Cherub! You may however not want to sail in a development class or capsize a lot or enjoy boat fidderling. But a Cherub is for lightweights and don't let anyone tell you any different. It is ture that we have some class members that are a bit heavy for the boat coz they like sailing it. But LIGHT IS FAST. Unlike the 12 foot skiff where FAT IS FAST. Edited by Jack Sparrow |
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Prince Buster
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 06 at 11:43am | |
that's what they'll always tell you but i don't think the issue here is
weight. You say you want a boat that you can sail fast easily and
not have to worry about capsizing when it gets dusty and in all
fairness a cherub is a hard boat to sail at the best of times and i
think could seriously beat you up if you went wrong....i think its got
to be the 3000
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international moth - "what what?"
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Gray Daze
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 28 Oct 06 at 12:47pm | |
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