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Multiplex 
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 Topic: New look UK 'A'-Class websitePosted: 26 Nov 10 at 12:14pm |
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Hi!
Don't laugh, but we now have a shinny new website at http://www.aclasscatamaran.co.uk ! You'll know the 'A' Cats - we are the ones who you usually leave you all for dead when going uphill!  Thanks! Gordon GER510
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I luv Wight
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Posted: 26 Nov 10 at 8:33pm |
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Ha ha I did laugh
 What's pitchpolling - is this the new voting system I heard about on the news today? And what's a webmiester? And how is that yellow Delta 95 that I made a few years ago going? |
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alstorer
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Posted: 26 Nov 10 at 9:20pm |
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it isn't exactly very "2010" looking- rather more "2000". And the text on the "coming soon" box in blue on the black hatched background is nigh on unreadable. You've got a hi-tech boat, but hardly a hi-tech site to sell it...
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Posted: 26 Nov 10 at 9:45pm |
That is my very favourite boat of all time ever. I was in awe of that when I was a nipper! (but wasn't it nearer 1985 than '95?)
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Rupert
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Posted: 28 Nov 10 at 10:29am |
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Well, I like it! I was mainly looking at the pictures, though (great!) and the 2nd hand prices (scary!), so I didn't proof read it...
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Chris 249
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 7:28am |
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I don't mean to stick the boot in and I'm not going to criticise the website layout, but the claim that the A is "arguably the world's fastest small sailing boat upwind" is a very big one to make!
A little while back I did quite a bit of racing against or on the same course with the world's top A Class sailors, and they never seemed to be faster all-round than the good Tornadoes. That's borne out by the yardstick differential of 6%, which certainly isn't all due to the T's downwind ability. Of course, that doesn't mean that the A isn't one of the most stunning boats afloat!
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alstorer
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 8:29am |
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Oh, looks better now- was it just not uploaded properly when you first posted? The site I criticised said it had been made using FrontPage 4.0 (2000- released in 1999).
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JimC
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 10:33am |
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Ah well Chris, maybe they're defining the Tornado as a big boat. They certainly look ********* monstrous to me:-) The A isn't a lot shorter, but they certainly look a lot smaller to these eyes. The beam I suppose. Anyway I hope few would argue against the A being one of the great Classes:-)
Andy - let he/she who has never posted a page full of typos because they're getting nagged to get that new web site finished cast the first virtual stone... Edited by JimC - 29 Nov 10 at 10:35am |
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Multiplex
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 11:37am |
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The Mk I version really just got the info out, then I pushed a few buttons and it all went a bit groovier! Got to do a couple of slight tweaks now, but that's basically there. I tend to use Frontpage cos it was free! Just got to keep it regularly updated now with new photos and more contentious statements
 Thanks for the input!
Gordon
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Rupert
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 11:42am |
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Just been reading about the start of the A class again in the Reg White and Bob Fisher Catamaran racing book from the late 60's. Is it right that the class is almost 50? Sounds like a good excuse for a party! Apart from Unicorns, are there any other classic A class around, like the A-Lion or Australis? Edited by Rupert - 29 Nov 10 at 11:43am |
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