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    Posted: 26 Aug 08 at 9:22pm

This weekend i've just done the dragoon nationals but now me and my crew are really pushing it weight wise and we need to move up. My goal now is to sail an f18. What would be the Rya's thoughts on using a small rig f18 as the youth boat, they're easy to get hold of now and some designs are fairly cheap.

What are your thoughts on this idea??
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Safety first, how heavy are you?

Less than 125kg (poss 130kg) and you won't be able to get it upright!!
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Spitfire first - then F18
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The boat might be too wide with a smaller rig on it - Wild Thing would be harder to do and this wouldn't teach good practise.
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Originally posted by Chew my RS

The boat might be too wide with a smaller rig on it - Wild Thing would be harder to do and this wouldn't teach good practise.


The small rig isn't that small!

The main is the same (17m2), the jib is less than 1m smaller (3.45m2) and the kite is 2m smaller (19m2).

I have used the small rig years ago, and if you are less than 140kg you won't notice much difference.
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Spitfire is the obvious choice but the need to ensure that a youth boat is affordable may prevent it from ever happening. My father-in-laws Spitfire was around the same price as an RS800 which I'm guessing is probably not far from a 29er so I suppose its possible. Just needs the official buy in but is their sufficient support for a youth multihull programme ?
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I'm with Dermot, Spitfire would seem the logical step towards F18 and better suited to the lightweight.  Not sure how many 'small rig' boats there actually are and a new jib and genny likely to cost best part of a grand if you had to convert.
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I think that UKRA have plans afoot on this one...............
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Originally posted by Teamvmg

I think that UKRA have plans afoot on this one...............

 

I think you might be right....

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I think teh spitfire is a good option but is just the price that is a bit of a off putting factor.

The adavntage we found with having a f18 with a smaller rig is that you can most likley pick up and f18 cheaper the a spitfire, you struggle to get a spitfire under £4500.
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