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    Posted: 09 Aug 06 at 10:28pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Topper-CRUZ-Dinghy-Ketch-rigged-family -daysailer_W0QQitemZ170015326909QQihZ007QQcategoryZ98955QQss PageNameZWD3VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I bet it'd be easier to sell herpes than sell that thing!
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Oh my gosh no. There have been far worse things than that...
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Such as? That looks an utter abomination!
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oh it has certain something.  Can you imagine pitching up to start line of the bloody mary in it.....mmmm now how much is it going for?

 

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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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The name 'Cruz' bothers me...
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It's not pretty, but as a boat for family pottering it is brilliant. Far lighter and better at sailing than the equivalent Drascombe, I can see why people would buy them.
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Originally posted by Jalani

It's not pretty, but as a boat for family pottering it is
brilliant. Far lighter and better at sailing than the equivalent Drascombe, I
can see why people would buy them.


Hell yes, and people bought them in their thousands. Everywhere you go,
you see those elegant, well-cut sails gliding gracefully over the water.   
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I wouldn't go down that route they look an awful lot like odd coloured laser sails to me.
I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Ahhhh... isn't it a sweet, family-centric, back to basics sailing dinghy for the UK leisure market. 

Daddy can use the big sail while junior can use the little one... quintessential swallows n' amazons, fairytale British summer sh*te from the early to mid-90s....


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Bet it's great for mackeral fishing.  Dead cheap to get extra sails for as well.  Laser at the front, Topper at the back.
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That was the exact boat I thought of when I opened this thread. I bet it sails well rudderless with eth two sails so far apart.
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