V Twin

Originally posted by G.R.F. Originally posted by seamonkey I can't believe someone didn't take him aside and tell him so ...  They did, but they wear silly clown clothes with names like Gill and Musto & Rooster, they wear stupid little boots and pants like the things you see in bondage movies. They sail with their arses hanging over the edge of their boats and don't even look good enough to be called lame. They spend hours talking drivel in boat parks about what hole a bit of wire should be set in then miss the start by 30 seconds, they drive miles to sit and do nothing because there's too much wind, they also drive miles to sit and do nothing because there's not enough wind.   They've no idea what to do with a pint glass and a bar full of alcohol and if a member of the opposite sex so much as glances at them they flush red and wet themselves. They count the change in their pockets and worry how much of it they can save if they use a knackered Holt shackle on their GP14 for another season. They sail ridiculously painfully outdated boats made of wood, or they try to sail what they think are well designed powerful boats yet can't because the boats keep forward looping because they are designed by a clueless New Zealand Cherub builder ironically also called Starboard Products a name held equally highly in windsurfing - Not. They and you are dinghy sailors ffs, wtf do they know about anything cool and fast, so why would I listen and why would their opinion matter to me?

LOL so this is cool FFS don't make me laugh ... it is so far from cool it's a joke and as for fast ...

Come on then fess up ... what does it weigh; your brief was 50kgs all up ...

Originally posted by G.R.F. It's a lot cooler than your Topper kiddoh..

Go on grandad keep telling us whats cool FFS ... havnt you spent half your life walking about in speedos and face fungus you wernt cool then and for sure you don't know what cool is now.

... plus it seems you have already blown your design brief out of the water on the weight; wont be long now until we see its a total dog too ...

Originally posted by seamonkey Originally posted by G.R.F. It's a lot cooler than your Topper kiddoh.. Go on grandad keep telling us whats cool FFS ... havnt you spent half your life walking about in speedos and face fungus you wernt cool then and for sure you don't know what cool is now. ... plus it seems you have already blown your design brief out of the water on the weight; wont be long now until we see its a total dog too ...

A little harsh? Yes, it does look very very odd but it might be fast, or it might not. Let's just wait and see what happens on the water. I don't think I'm the only person who would like a go in it.....

I'm interested in the background of this person who knows so much about weights of gear... By his numbers a very substantial number of the International Canoes at the recent worlds must have been at least 20kg overweight - and they weren't...

Personally I have not the slightest clue what GRFs creation will be like. Its so far off the design routes I have experience with that I'd be a fool to make predictions.



Edited by JimC - 11 Aug 11 at 12:30pm

Hey grumph. If by some amazing fluke of nature the v twin does become the next big thing please don't have anything to do with the marketing....I can just imagine the broshure with claims like 'how to beat people who wear little boots and pants and dot know what to do with a pit glass'............
Seriously though as a critic of your design I do wish you the best of luck on Friday and I hope you get something out of all the effort you and the team have put into it.