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    Posted: 14 Nov 05 at 8:55pm
Originally posted by I luv Wight

Why not just get a vortex?

Was that a rhetorical question or do you really want an answer?
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Why not just get a vortex?

or a classic Swift cat - a cut down shearwater with a solid deck, and hulls that appear to be closer together than the beam of the hulls.

My comments earlier about your idea is why small cats don't work very well - light F16 cats are OK, but anything shorter or heavier has never been very successful.
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yes.

 
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Originally posted by Isis

Originally posted by big man is back

a six foot skiff would be cool but would you put foilers on it?

No. Just no.

Youd need a foilbase considerably larger than you could reasonably acheive on a '6 to have any control whatsoever

Skiffs dont need foils to fly, just a bit of wind and some waves and your getting airtime all the way home

thake that as a no then shall i

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Originally posted by big man is back

a six foot skiff would be cool but would you put foilers on it?

No. Just no.

Youd need a foilbase considerably larger than you could reasonably acheive on a '6 to have any control whatsoever

Skiffs dont need foils to fly, just a bit of wind and some waves and your getting airtime all the way home

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a six foot skiff would be cool but would you put foilers on it?
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I seriously considered an 10ft skiff a while back, got to the level of begining to prototype it and then accidentaly found a cherub and decided to waste my money on that instead 
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I'm quite up for designing/building a 6ft skiff. They say your 1st design/
build is always crap/overweight. So might aswell get the first crap one out
the way on something not too serious/expensive.
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Originally posted by Strawberry


To quote a convo with Ben Isis:
"if you want to feel like your going fast, get the shortest boat you can lay
your mits on and cram it with rag"


Now, who up for starting a modernised 8ft skiff class?
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Isis and shotgun, you seem to have the right idea!

Andy, I'm sure your technically right, but speed isn't the issue here. If I
wanted to go fast I would buy a powerboat!

To quote a convo with Ben Isis:
"if you want to feel like your going fast, get the shortest boat you can lay
your mits on and cram it with rag"

But I may adopt the (moth)˛ thing
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