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Tornado_ALIVE
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Topic: How fast???? Posted: 02 Dec 04 at 6:28am |
I guess with the Europeans not growing up with skiffs (as us Aussies know them) They have a different view of what a skiff is. For me, a skiff is not a design but a boat (when it comes to sail powered skiffs) As Chris pointed out, a die hard Skiffie would be insulted if you called a B14, 29er, 49er ect a skiff........ In OZ (home of the skiff) anyway
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jimmywalsh2
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Dec 04 at 10:30pm |
Having thought about what constitutes a skiff it is more a type of boat rather than a concrete definition. The following criteria comes to mind 1. Freedom of design - the less rules the better 2. Freedom of rigs 3. Use of the latest technology - carbon etc 4. A challenge to sail 5. Significant speed advantage of similar length boats. So some boats may fit the definition when they are built but after a few years fall behind. |
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Blobby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 04 at 12:37am |
That basically writes off any one design class then...how does it fit with the 16's and 18's having one design hulls?
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 04 at 2:18pm |
That could be a keelboat. Open 60? Mini-Transat?
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JimR
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 03 Dec 04 at 3:13pm |
..........even some cats, ORMA 60 trimarans? It seems as though we are struggling to define "skiff" in the UK simply because the word has been over-used to describe any modern lighweight, low freeboard planing dinghy. The manufacturers have been quick to encourage this because "skiff" has become a buzz word for something modern and sexy, the lastest "must have". Aussie skiffs are something a lot more specific. In Australia the term excludes all kinds of modern machinery that we would loosely term as a skiff. I guess Tornado_ALIVE has hit it on the head.
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