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    Posted: 02 Mar 08 at 5:52pm
You should have got me to paint it...
Then the paint would have fallen orf in about a month anyway....
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Originally posted by Lukepiewalker

Nice job Jim... If you don't like the shade of blue, you could add stripes.... Or flames.... It is awfully... blue....

Something is likely to be added... When I can remeber how to sail again I want to send her to a competent painter (ie not me) for a better finish (and more than one coat of top coat on the hull) and subsequent to that there may well be something else going on... My original idea was for fadeing in stripes going down the foredeck and onto the topside something like the stripes on a perch, but it looked dreadful in photoshop so I ditched the idea...
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Nice job Jim... If you don't like the shade of blue, you could add stripes.... Or flames.... It is awfully... blue....
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About 65% new, is that good enough?
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Originally posted by Smight at BBSC

Have you noticed that there are two gigantic holes in your foredeck   


Yeah I noticed that too, I have never worked out what they are for, I just put my hamper in them
Needs to sail more...
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It is just the mast and boom. The hull is still in more traditional materials. The funny thing is you can use expoxy to build a wooden boat but not a glass one.

All boats are generally built under weight and carry a maximum of 6kg of correctors.

The carbon rig saves a few kilograms of overall weight.
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Posts: 1129 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Smight at BBSC Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Feb 08 at 3:27pm
Do they make contenders in carbon now, i thought it was only the mast and boom?


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Originally posted by winging it

I have given up trying to buy a decent second hand contender and have instead ordered a complete carbon upgrade!  I am VERY excited about this and there will definitely be pics when it arrives!

(Unfortunately after the first open at Datchet, but hey, you can't have everything and I can't sail at the moment anyway)

Welcome to the carbon age. Start saving now and buy yourself a new hull next year from Germany - much cheaper than the UK builder. Getting mine in a few weeks.
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I have given up trying to buy a decent second hand contender and have instead ordered a complete carbon upgrade!  I am VERY excited about this and there will definitely be pics when it arrives!

(Unfortunately after the first open at Datchet, but hey, you can't have everything and I can't sail at the moment anyway)
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Have you noticed that there are two gigantic holes in your foredeck   
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