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    Posted: 10 Oct 12 at 4:19pm
The new sails have been seen around with some people in the know. Theres a image of the president sailing one somewhere. The sail looks very similar to a radial cut full rig with thicker sail cloth. It has a mylar sail cloth window or something. The new carbon mast will be awesome but undoubtly pricey - and im not to sure what it will acheive other than giving the people witht he mast the weight advantage. Will the new thicker sail cloth move down into radial and 4.7 class as well. Will the carbon mast be available for those class too.    Digital compass for laser would be good.
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What about a range of dry-suits with sensibly sized foot socks. I may sail like a clown but that doesn't reflect in my shoe size  Wink
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Back on topic, as well as the Cobra (or mod-Blaze avec kite for RTC racing depending on your point of view !!) I'd also be looking forward to seeing:
 
- A new approach to making Mirrors at home (love the Winder FRP but it's big ££££) and the Mirror is, for me, such a great boat for a whole range of parent/child, child/child or yoof/yoof racing that it would be great to see a way back in to the budget 'finish it in your garage from a kit' approach so you'd get a new boat, and one you could slightly customise to your desires and have the warm-glow of having had a part in building it yourself
 
- 25% reduction on new boat prices from all the major builders
 
- A Class (just to drool) ditto new i14
 
- A carbon mast/new sail combo for the Laser (new foils would be good but I'm dreaming already)
 
- A new approach to dinghy boots that a) fit well, like other athletic shoes b) have a layering system that keep your tootsies warm but can be reduced for the summer and c) don't cost more than £60 to buy
 
- A digital compass you can fit to your dinghy for less than £100 (timer function optional)
 
- A giant wind-generator for sailing clubs to hire or purchase so that boring F1-2 can be turned into far more interesting F4-5 at the flick of a switch
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Originally posted by cad99uk

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How about starting a separate thread for the Cobra and its development.


Why not, eh? All comments - good, bad or indifferent welcome in the interests of a good discussion! Incidentally, I have another design - Nemesis - which has a few novel features and I really do intend to get to the Dinghy Show, though 2014 is the target.
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Originally posted by Chris Turner

 
Dont even get me started on Uni students....

No, would actually love to hear what you think
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its a cunning way to get people to do the low paid stuff. I thought that you only had to start paying back the loan once you earned a certain amount. Well if you stay below that you never have to. Everyone's always complaining that you can't get Brits doing the low paid stuff.

Anyway that Cobra looks nice
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Originally posted by JimC

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On the other hand society needs a certain number of academics, scientists and engineers in order to function, just as it needs a certain number of nurses, plumbers, bin men and litter collectors. It seems to me a perfectly reasonable use of public money to subsidise the training of an *appropriate number* of all of those so that we get people doing the various jobs society needs.


We can get them cheaper from Poland or India though.
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Peaky,
 
How about starting a separate thread for the Cobra and its development.
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Originally posted by pondmonkey

Originally posted by jeffers


.....can we get back on topic now?


did you know that there's a student discount on new boats at the Dinghy Show?
 
Is it a discount for students, or a tax on the rest of us? Wink
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I think its is still a little early to work out what the impact of these huge loans are going to be. I have two at Uni who got in before the hike. They will still come out with about £25K of debt from loans and tuition fees. Having two at Uni is a costly affair for us as well.

One thing students should consider is that this is not a continuation of state education. They are paying for a product. First they should use it and the other is that it should be of a merchantable quality. I have heard complaints from one of mine about crap lectures and the lecturer not turning up. They are now the customer and should expect value for money and should complain.

Looking ahead there are huge demands on the disposable income of post grads. Student debt, housing costs and pensions, all of which can only be inflationary. I've also had some subjective feedback of student numbers down which I suspect also means a dumbing down of entrance qualifications. We may see more reduction in fees as competition between the Unis ramps up over the coming years - at the moment the trough is deep enough for them all to dig their snouts in.

My hopes of them leaving uni and sending back brown bags of tenners so I can afford that Merlin are fading ....
Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else
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