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    Posted: 31 Jan 08 at 7:47pm
I will definatley be there on the saturday as I have been able to get the time off!  I sense a copious amount of ale consumption and drooling ( over boats of course)
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Getting this thing back on track, I am there Saturday as planned.

Will be working on a stand. More like volunteering, handing out free stuff!!!
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I am a bit of a speed junky but I windsurf and kite surf too and much prefer sailing, what i started first and its a lot more fun, don't know why but it is, although doing huge jumps with a massive kite in lots of wind is pretty fun too 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote MRJP BUZZ 585 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 5:18pm
Its not the B14 its the washer women that sail it isn't it GRF
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Post Options Post Options   Quote theycallmegod Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 4:41pm
Hmmmmm i think some of the skiffy boys should lend you their boat for an afternoon

(and then video it)

So if it's only your circumstances that make the 12 impractical then why do you have such a problem with other people sailing them? And whats wrong with B14s?
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 4:32pm
Originally posted by theycallmegod


.. but you don't like 12foot skiff because it's too hard to sail.....You're
hurting my mind....


You shouldn't have a mind capable of being hurt if you are the
omnipresent deity & supreme being and where did I say they are difficult
to sail? I've never tried one but they are used by small children who make
them look to difficult to sail although that's fairly common, I've watched
Olympians in flat water making sailing look damn near impossible..

My concern was the hull length is to short for our particular wave length
its been my experience anything shorter than 14ft can have a problem in
the Channel where we sail.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote theycallmegod Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 4:20pm
Originally posted by G.R.F


The 470? Its an interclub thing, they are a way easier boat to sail than a 500,
why they even train chimps to use them.


Way easier to sail? Thats why you don't like the 470, but you don't like 12foot skiff because it's too hard to sail.....

You're hurting my mind....
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 4:11pm
Originally posted by turnturtle

now now grumpf, I doubt he's the only one south
of
the river with a penchant for yellow rash vests....  



Hmm but not so many of us have a penchant for sailing in Pampers and
Fluffy Bunny slippers and a yellow rash vest.

But nothing surprises us about the goings on over at Whitstable even
though there has been an influx of DNA from the DFL'S and the incidence
of
two headed six fingered cat sailors has reduced, you couldn't let your
daughter stray over there in the dark, particularly not with her brother..

Then again there is always the ultimate comparison.

Windsurfer in yellow rash vest

MPS Sailor in yellow rash vest


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Post Options Post Options   Quote Guests Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 12:22pm
OMG I have just got to get that outfit..

Si Reynolds will be so pleased with it.

It'll be a lot smarter than the last thing I saw him in.




Breathable Whoretex -

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Post Options Post Options   Quote MRJP BUZZ 585 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Jan 08 at 9:28am
Funnily enough Grumpf i was a sailor and not a windsurfer then some of my sailing mates who also windsurf invited me to go to dahab with them for a week and get some tuition, now i have just bought my own kit.

So you definately speak a fair point, windsurfing is worth trying although you need to stick at it for a bit as the first bit is REALLY hard and it doesn't seem worth it then you start planing and it does seem worth it
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