Topper Spice

   In five years time some manufacture will bring out a new RS800 or what ever and people will sell there boats and get on. The difference with Dev classes is that you stay get a new boat which just happens to be the same class as your old boat. And keep sailing with the mates you made over the last five years. 

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LocoP Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 20 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Post Options Post Reply Quote LocoP Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Topper Spice Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:21pm
	In five years time some manufacture will bring out a new RS800 or what ever and people will sell there boats and get on. The difference with Dev classes is that you stay get a new boat which just happens to be the same class as your old boat. And keep sailing with the mates you made over the last five years.
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5420 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 622	Post Options Post Reply Quote 5420 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:24pm
	you sail with your mates and at the same time you are all going bankrupt

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:49pm
	that remains to be seen.... Guess it'll inspire me to do well at uni so i can afford to fund my cherub addiction eh?!
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5420 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 622	Post Options Post Reply Quote 5420 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:53pm
	the cherab is a boat that people keep on up grading and they lose there money the only ones that benafit anr the people that are selling the upgrades

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:54pm
	only if you're not classing amazing enjoyment as a benefit?
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5420 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 622	Post Options Post Reply Quote 5420 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 8:57pm
	you can get the feeling of a chearb by sailing a 800 and you do not have to do lots of up grades befor you are at the front of the fleet Edited by 5420

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:03pm
	are you saying that from experience? I've only sailed my cherub a few times and its like nothing i've ever sailed before. Keeps you on your toes all the time and the smallest degrees of heel can make major impacts on your speed. I think that it's a cherub thing. You don't quite know the feeling untill you've tried it.
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5420 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 622	Post Options Post Reply Quote 5420 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:07pm
	im not saying it's a bad boat it looks grate fun to sail and i would get one if they had large fleets and you did not need to keep upgrading all the time

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:11pm
	agreed buddy. i just love sailing full stop. hope to see you on the race course sometime... probably a few times a race, you going past upwind.. and me going past again downwind
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andy_cherub Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 768	Post Options Post Reply Quote andy_cherub Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 17 Mar 05 at 9:41pm
	If you fink a cherub is more expensive than an 800 then you are truely wrong! You can get a twin wire cherub for under £2k and race it at the top of the fleet - you need in excess of £5k for an 800 and then still need new sails to be at the top. and if you damage it then you need to replace with a SMOD part which is 100% on the price. (or if your in a 29er at the worlds, ders an argeument about dagger board padding! seriously - whats the deal with that!!) I have found the cherub to be cheaper to race than one-design. it is true, you cant knok it til youve tried it. It is a true addiction, a mix of light weight boat with a lot of rag = loads of fun, and a challenge to keep it upright! where as an 800 can be sailed by any tom dik and harry - so with cherubs, the real good sailors shine and the sh*te ones sink! A prime example of this wer a couple of lads at the 04 Nats, an old pre 97 rules all WOODEN boat, sailed well and still beating all carbon latest spec boats on the water! So ability is the most important issue - and then the ability to make a boat how you want it rather than having to change yourself to suit the boat!
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