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    Posted: 12 Aug 07 at 5:08pm

Here you go... this is probably what they used...

http://www.sailboats.co.uk/Product~Proctor_TTerminal_for_Rop e_308-576.html

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For about £10 you can get a hook that goes in the hole on the mast with a ring on the bottom which you can then shackle the wires on. A bit  like the 5000 or 800's (i think) 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Aug 07 at 11:06am

If it really must be done then I would rather crimp a second wire to the existing trapeze than be drilling holes in the mast. 



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So, how would one go about doing this?

Is it another hole in the mast then attach a wire, or is it just another wire
attached to the existing one?

Sounds like just the thing I'm looking for, we often get overpowered.
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My brother and a freind sailed a 800 once, they're weight probably adds up to about 15stone and were both flat wiring in <5 knots of breeze! Kite up and everything, they said it was really easy and stable...didn't look like it though  
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Originally posted by Ian29937

Originally posted by Guest#260

[My wife & I had an 800 (we weigh 21 stone) and we found it a bit of a handfull. You notice most of their events get won by 2 blokes...

Of the six 800 circuit events so far this year mixed crews have won four and come second in the other two.  In fact a mixed crew has won the last two Eurocups as well...

I stand corrected on this years events ... my comment was based on previous nationals results.

2006 Nationals - Top 3 all male

2005 Nationals - Top 2 all male

2004 Nationals - Top 5 all male

2003 Nationals - Top 3 all male

I guess this year the make up/teams must have moved around a bit and perhaps better women are sailing the class; good for them.



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Originally posted by Guest#260

[My wife & I had an 800 (we weigh 21 stone) and we found it a bit of a handfull. You notice most of their events get won by 2 blokes...

Of the six 800 circuit events so far this year mixed crews have won four and come second in the other two.  In fact a mixed crew has won the last two Eurocups as well...

I know LDC put a lot of effort into making the boat suitable for mixed crews and the results seem to back them up....

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Originally posted by carshalton fc

Originally posted by Doug.H

Originally posted by carshalton fc

yer totaly agree with m_liddell would be good to have a forgiving lightweight twin wire boat.


...........you mean like an 800????

the 800 can be quite intimerdating to some people, i like the concept of having a boat which u can sail with 1 or 2 wires and the 800 isnt that, the twin wire 500 would mean that once someone has mastered single trapeze boats they could easyly upgrade.

 

Er, yes it is, the 800 is designed so that you can put the racks out and sail it single wire.  Not very popular in the UK, however a few holiday companies run them in this configuration though, often with ally spars.

 

 
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I think to be a credible lightweights boat it should have a consistent record of mixed crews winning at National and International level over many years... Now there must be a boat that matches that, let me try and think...
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