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Forum Name: Beginner questions
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Topic: I'll start...
Posted By: Black no sugar
Subject: I'll start...
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 11:30am

I saw this section being open and I can't resist.

I've got a question about yachts:

When I took part in the Round the Island Race last June, I noticed that some of the sail numbers were composed of digits and a letter.

Most of the time (in our time slot) this letter was a 'T' but I also saw an 'L'.

I can understand that some must be class-related, but what about the others?

 

Thanks



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http://www.lancingsc.org.uk/index.html - Lancing SC



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Posted By: Coolhand
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 12:04pm

UK (GBR plus 3 or 4 numbers and a suffix letter) Yacht sail numbers are issued by either RORC (R suffix) or the RYA (Y, L, T or N suffix). Like "Cherished" car numberplate's some combinations are more desirable than others and some classes have blocks assigned to them/agree to try and acquire similar numbers. 

So sometimes they mean something sometimes they don't.



Posted By: Fans1024
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 6:39pm
Why are the vast majority of dinghy covers blue?

Sorry, its one of those pointless things I have always wondered about.

Thanks


Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 6:54pm

Because they had lots of blue cloth left over after the Russian Revolution dried up the market for blue cloth for the Prussian Uniforms.......oh no thats RAF uniforms

bored moi?



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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!


Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 7:45pm
Same reason the edges of rollered yacht jibs are blue. It resists degredation in the sunlight for the longest. Unless a physicist wants to correct me!

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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686


Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 8:58pm

Originally posted by Rupert

Same reason the edges of rollered yacht jibs are blue. It resists degredation in the sunlight for the longest. Unless a physicist wants to correct me!

some are red.......



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Landlocked in Africa
RS300 - 410
Firefly F517 - Nutshell
Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse


Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 07 Aug 08 at 10:44pm
Bang goes that theory! Maybe all dark colours are better than white...

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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686


Posted By: mossman
Date Posted: 08 Aug 08 at 9:09am

Originally posted by Fans1024

Why are the vast majority of dinghy covers blue?

Sorry, its one of those pointless things I have always wondered about.

Thanks

White or yellow would get dirty too easily

 Black would become too hot in the sun

 

Green would camouflage it too much so you could not find your boat and would trip over other boats in the dinghy park

 

Pink or purple would just be wrong (unless you were a teenage girl)

 

Orange would make it impossible to write poetry about your dinghy cover

 

Which just leaves blue

 



Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 08 Aug 08 at 11:14am
All covers go green in the end from mould, so why don't they make them green in the first place?!


Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 08 Aug 08 at 8:22pm
not if you prop the front end of the boat up.... i think it probably just comes down to traditions (after all, rooster and laser now do grey covers and you often see red undercovers....)

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Landlocked in Africa
RS300 - 410
Firefly F517 - Nutshell
Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse



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