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    Posted: 17 Aug 07 at 1:58am
I can't work out what the bloody hell a SMOD is! I hadn't heard of a skiff until recently! So forgive my ignorance All I've got so far is S-M-One-Design. Maybe the M is manufactured? Skiff-Manufactured-One-design...Just thinking out loud now. Someone tell me, please.

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What it really refers to are boats where the class rules are very tight and controlled by the manufacturer giving them a monopoly in the market, typically boats by Topper, Laser and RS.
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"Typically"? Exclusively??
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There are others, as well as the normal Topper, Laser, RS/LDC.

Wayfarer? Now under the control of one builder??

Comet fleet?

 
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Originally posted by ChrisJ

There are others, as well as the normal Topper, Laser, RS/LDC.


Wayfarer? Now under the control of one builder??


Comet fleet?


 



Whilst you're right that there are others (the ex-Topper classes come to mind), the Wayfare isn't one- I believe that others are still able to build wooden ones, and Hartley offers more than one design of GRP hull. Do they have a choice of sails too?

Most of the Ovington boats are quasi-SMOD- they're the only manufacturer for them in UK (and for some, Europe), and the niners are restricted in rig, sail etc aren't they?
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I think you can get 9er sails from North or Pryde cant you ??
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The original SMOD (apart from the St Mawes One Design, which uses the initials differently...) was the Firefly, mass produced by Fairey Marine in 1946. Just shows, a SMOD doesn't have to have a short shelf life if the design is right.
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