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Chris 249 
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Ahh, no they aren't; Toppers are almost entirely a UK class aren't they?
I know their claims of the numbers outside the UK are suspect, I used to sail at the only Topper club in Australia and it was a rare occasion when they had three out. EDIT: Sorry, I don't know what's happening with this post and why it's always popping up at the end with a strange date......perhaps it's coming from another place in the space/time continuum. I'm certainly having forum problems. Heeeeelp!  PS yep Blacknosugar, summer 2005 is still fairly hot and humid.....then again that's usual down here! Edited by Chris 249 |
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5420 sed that there are other boring boats! YEA like gp14 bosun gull .....
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Blobby
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Just read the Zoom8 article and I have to say it looks like fun for the younger kids. Remembering my youth from 12 - 13 onwards the optimist does lose its charm, but you aren't heavy enough to sail anything else - apart from a Topper which I personally don't like although there are plenty of people who do. Zoom8 would look much better with the rudder on a gantry out the back of the boat though - would give you more space internally....
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arhy
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Posted: 22 Mar 05 at 10:29pm |
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Hello! In Scandinavia Zoom8 is popular and when you are discussing if this is something that you would consider I would say that we are used to se tall Scandinavian children reaching 12 years and do not find it nice to sit in a small Optimist anymore. We normally start optimist-training courses when children are 7-8 years old, we se that only 1 ore 2 of the starting 30 are still with us when they reach 13. The Laser is not a cheap boat and is normally not a boat for 12 years old children. We see that the zoom8 is able to get our optimist-sailors continuing sailing and that this boat is faster and much more fun to sail than the optimist dingy. The zoom8 is not a boat for the Olympic, but a boat making it exiting to sail until you are able to get in to bigger boats such as Laser, Europa-dingy, 470 ore 29’er. For some children zoom8 is suitable from they are 12-15, but for those who are small build they are able to continue using this boat to they are 17-18-19 years old. We really like this dingy, I hope you do not compare this with something that whose purpose is to be used for older children. Regards Arnfinn Hystad Pictures of the Zoom8 -à http://groups.msn.com/seiling/shoebox.msnw |
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5420
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Harry44981!
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substitute zoom 8 for pico and then you have a correct statement! |
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5420
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Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 1:59pm |
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the zoom 8 looks like the the most boring boat in the world
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Posted: 06 Mar 05 at 8:16pm |
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topper are trying raise an army of little sailor kids to demolish the other boat builder companies! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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Skiffman
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I've seen those Zoom8's out in Denmark, they look very good boats. They are alot better than Laser 4.7's which are silly boats. The Laser 4.7 has far to small a sail for the size of the boat. The boat wasn't designed to work well with a 4.7metre main, it was designed for the Full Rig. The Zoom8 is almost as light as an an oppy 40kg all up and a 4.8mertre main is a far better design. I have seen them sailing and they looked like a perfect stepping stone from an oppy to laser, or just miss out the oppy all together. The design is a bit similar to the europe only smaller. I would sail one if I wanted to sail lasers and I had just started sailing. |
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Iain C
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8' skiff anyone???
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