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    Posted: 01 Apr 12 at 8:07am
You will be joining the assembled ranks of other forumites who will be making the journey from as far afield as Forfar. I believe a snack wagon has been ordered and a press village is being set up. 
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we want video!
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Feck it, I don't really know where Hythe is, somewhere on the way to the Channel Tunnel I think, but I am going to go there tomorrow.  There will be no spin, no bias, I want to see this thing for myself and I will post again on return.

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Oh! the emotional ups and downs of the V twin.........I'm quite worn out!
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FTFY- of course if you sail at the location featured below, with it's legendary shoredump and extreme sailing conditions, which quite frankly, God him very self couldn't get his Mirror dinghy through unscathed... well, you might just need to build something appropriate yourself  Wink

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Who was the old fella helming the RS500, he did look to be struggling to keep the boat flat in those howling conditions!
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Originally posted by rogue

Originally posted by seamonkey

Originally posted by Neptune

look forward to seeing your new build custom boat Seamonkey.
 
 
With 226 different classes listed here I feel I will always be able to find somthing that suits where I sail, the type of courses on offer, the prevailing wind and water conditions and the other boats that my fellow club members race.
 
 

FTFY- of course if you regularly get it handed to you while sailing at the location featured below, with it's legendary shoredump and extreme sailing conditions, which quite frankly, God him very self couldn't get his Mirror dinghy through unscathed... well, you might just need to build something appropriate yourself  Wink




FTFY.... sorry couldn't resist
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Originally posted by G.R.F.

Ok, give me the name of a boat that somebody 67 kgs can single hand and sail to say 970 handicap with ease. (That isn't a sailing jet ski (cat))

Too true.  Scow is the only way forward if you wanted to stay true monohull.  

Whether I'd view the V-Twin as true monohull to sail is another matter.  The big test for me is if you are able to sail it easily heeled onto one 'hull' in light airs - something that seems impossible in cats, including  the Vortex and makes them extremely dull in those conditions.  Whereas on a real scow:
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Originally posted by seamonkey

Originally posted by Neptune

look forward to seeing your new build custom boat Seamonkey.
 
 
With 226 different classes listed here I feel I will always be able to find somthing that suits where I sail, the type of courses on offer, the prevailing wind and water conditions and the other boats that my fellow club members race.
 
 

FTFY- of course if you sail at the location featured below, with it's legendary shoredump and extreme sailing conditions, which quite frankly, God him very self couldn't get his Mirror dinghy through unscathed... well, you might just need to build something appropriate yourself  Wink



Edited by rogue - 30 Mar 12 at 1:28pm

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Ok, give me the name of a boat that somebody 67 kgs can single hand and sail to say 970 handicap with ease. (That isn't a sailing jet ski (cat))

Edited by G.R.F. - 30 Mar 12 at 1:25pm
https://www.ease-distribution.com/
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Of those 226 classes I'd find it difficult to pick more than a small handful though, especially once the keel boat, model yachts, cats, etc have been taken out.
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