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    Posted: 14 Mar 11 at 10:00am
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I would have recommended a Lightning, we do have extensive family experience of this class but there is no PY for the cut down sail and she was determined to buy new, so a Claridge boat would have been too expensive. Mind you goodness knows how much a new Splash would have cost!
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Europes offer spectacular VFM on the second hand market. You can get a boat for less than the cost of the carbon mast many times.
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Originally posted by tickler

A lady friend of advancing years (don't say I said that) visited the show on Saturday with the express intention of buying a new Splash. This proved impossible as there was no manufacturer present and the class association seemed unable to help. Determined to buy something she bought....wait for it....an RS qba, or somesuch  device. What else was she to do? No one makes a sit in, rather than sit on, boat which can be handled by a light weight lady. Solo, expensive and too big, Byte a tippy plank, Streaker and Lightning too much sail. Perhaps the small rig RPX would have ticked the box had it been available?


I'm pretty sure you can get a cut down Lightning sail. Does QBA stand for anything other than the rather obvious?
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Originally posted by tickler

A lady friend of advancing years (don't say I said that) visited the show on Saturday with the express intention of buying a new Splash. This proved impossible as there was no manufacturer present and the class association seemed unable to help. Determined to buy something she bought....wait for it....an RS qba, or somesuch  device. What else was she to do? No one makes a sit in, rather than sit on, boat which can be handled by a light weight lady. Solo, expensive and too big, Byte a tippy plank, Streaker and Lightning too much sail. Perhaps the small rig RPX would have ticked the box had it been available?


Comet Mino would have been ideal, plus you can upsize the rig on lighter days.

Europes are still made, but not in this country to my knowledge, and are a massive class abroad.  Olympic selection then rejection didn't do them much good here.  Fantastic boat.
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Originally posted by tickler

A lady friend of advancing years (don't say I said that) visited the show on Saturday with the express intention of buying a new Splash. This proved impossible as there was no manufacturer present and the class association seemed unable to help. Determined to buy something she bought....wait for it....an RS qba, or somesuch  device. What else was she to do? No one makes a sit in, rather than sit on, boat which can be handled by a light weight lady. Solo, expensive and too big, Byte a tippy plank, Streaker and Lightning too much sail. Perhaps the small rig RPX would have ticked the box had it been available?


thats such a shame Cry, because its a great well made little boat. have just sold my daughters( only because she got too tall and she wanted my lightning!!)

your friend should have got a second hand one or contacted the dutch manufacturer direct.


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Originally posted by Menace

Not to my knowledge, remember reading somewhere about a speedboat company doing it at some point, but I think it gets very expensive when you go above 20ft.

It does- you're involving presses (to squeeze the molds together) and you've got two molds- which have to be  a matched pair. It's pretty expensive even at small scale, for set up- though cheaper I'd think than similar sized autoclave equipment.
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Originally posted by Pabs

Originally posted by Menace

Europe?


He said not tippy and do they still make them?? Great underrated baot

There is a stunning wooden one where I sail, shame you don't see more 
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Originally posted by Menace

Europe?


He said not tippy and do they still make them?? Great underrated baot
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