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infoleather 
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Joined: 17 Aug 12 Location: New York Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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 Topic: Best Dinghy for Estuary usePosted: 17 Aug 12 at 7:24am |
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Can easily one-handed navigation, made of glass, I think there should be some second-hand versions around.
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bferry
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Posted: 15 Jun 12 at 2:46pm |
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136kg hull weight looks heavy to handle single handed!
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Bernard
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robinft
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Joined: 18 Jun 04 Location: Thorpe Bay YC Online Status: Offline Posts: 252 |
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Posted: 15 Jun 12 at 2:08pm |
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Laser 13?
http://homepages.rya-online.net/lasercruisingassociation/ Edited by robinft - 15 Jun 12 at 2:09pm |
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Laser number 9
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kfz
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Posted: 15 Jun 12 at 7:43am |
Not sure how. Its a nightmare.
If you can sail uptide on a rising tide then if you fit extra tough keelband (which doesnt exist you would have to make it yourself) you can drop the boat on the hard then get rid of the trailer and get back in pull up the main before your afloat.
Same on return on the falling tide. Drop it on the slip and then winch onto the trailer from the hard.
Have not tried using the anchor its a big pain trying to get to enough depth and its no fun wading in and out through chest deep water in such a flow. In fact its well dodgy. Though not sure what the rise of tide like is on the Thames, or what the ground is like.
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Caveman
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Posted: 14 Jun 12 at 8:08pm |
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IMO most two person boats are not great to sail single handed. As you are a novice, I would suggest joining a club, and offering yourself as a crew. There are plenty of sail racers looking for reliable crews. Someone will quickly "adopt" you and drill you into a competent racing crew. You will learn loads from this experience. The Alternative is to acquire a relatively simple one person boat like a Laser or a Solo and start doing some club racing in that. But expect to spend the first year finishing at the back of the fleet. |
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Enthusiasm>Skill
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Athene
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Posted: 09 May 12 at 1:30pm |
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Hi,
If dinghy cruising is your main ideal then a Gull would be excellent - not hugely fast and exciting but safe - I have a friend who has sailed a Gull single handed in a F5 with no safety cover and felt comfortable he wasn't going to get into trouble. Can also add an outboard if it looks like the wind might die / or if you wind up with a strong tide against you. Gulls appartenetly hold their value well so you wouldn't have trouble re-selling if you wanted something bigger or faster in the future. And one person can launch and retrieve a Gull
Athene
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Steve H
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Posted: 04 May 12 at 3:20pm |
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Estuary,
The vandalism at Leigh is not too bad now we have put up the fencing around the racks, we just have to make sure they are chained down and can't be moved. Why don't you pop down to the club over the weekend and have a look at what is sailed I think there are most of the boats being talked about including a few tideway owners. PM me if you need any other information or people to speak to
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Steve H
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Posted: 04 May 12 at 3:16pm |
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Rupert
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Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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Posted: 04 May 12 at 11:52am |
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Gull is a nice boat, but will seem small with 2 6 footers on board, I'd think. Mind, you are just starting out, and so don't want too much to handle. Also might be a bit slow to get against the tide?
GP14 with a reefable main sail might work - plenty of cheap GRP boats around, I'd have thought. |
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Estuary Bound
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Joined: 03 May 12 Location: South Essex Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
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Posted: 04 May 12 at 9:46am |
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Thanks Contender443. Any experience of the lighter Gull? This is one I keep coming back to.
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It's just plain rude to live on the coast and not be afloat
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