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Originally posted by tgruitt Originally posted by GMYW I bow to your better judgement, and return to the rest of the sad relics who clearly do not understand dinghy sailing as well as you.   Photo by Tom Gruitt. Please do not use my photographs again without crediting me. Thanks.

It is a good photo- you should be pleased with that one :-)

Originally posted by GMYW I bow to your better judgement, and return to the rest of the sad relics who clearly do not understand dinghy sailing as well as you.

Nobody has to bow to anybody's 'better judgement' my judgement suits me, you saddohs clearly enjoy what you do, what's wrong is if you old saddohs keep perpetuating the past, for your selfish ends.

Originally posted by iGRF   The irony that hull could look quite reasonable with a modern rig, but all the time the vested interest of the luddite owners is appeased, it'll just be what it is, an antediluvian class that won't even wear lipstick.

I'd say the Fireball is a made up in the mouth department as the rest - I'm pretty sure you won't be winning the Nats in a 1960's boat, however well looked after. When the threat of the ISO came along in the mid 90's, the class updated the build method to make it simpler to put a GRP hull together and fit out, to be able to compete on price. Seems to have worked, as the Fireball is a popular as ever, and is fun to sail. Have a go in one some time - the spinnaker where you can square run is easy to use, really...

Originally posted by Rupert Originally posted by winging it oi, leave the ebay moth alone, it's on my watch list. Mine too, but my knees are objecting to the idea, so I think I'll stick with other old boats that Grumph thinks should be burnt because they can't be any fun because they weren't built yesterday.

I need a scow to to complete my collection...