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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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You aren't picking them up, you are dragging them on a trolley, you can pull substantially more.
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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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1000kg on the flat using a pump truck, pushing, pulling is less.
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Rupert ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956 |
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I seem to remember a decade or so ago someone pointing out to GRF, as he was before Apple took over, that dinghies are rather bigger than windsurfers, and if you scale up the volume, even older dinghies don't come out too badly.
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Paramedic ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 27 Jan 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 929 |
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The other problem is that if you reduce the hull weight the crew weight becomes more significant. This makes it even harder for a normal sized adult to be competitive against smaller people in either singlehanded or two man boats.
Note most of the renowned weight carrying classes are quite heavy, Osprey, GP14, Wayfarer etc
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Do Different ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 26 Jan 12 Location: North Online Status: Offline Posts: 1312 |
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Exactly Paramedic.
To continue, as the ratio of crew weight to boat weight moves to the crew being a higher proportion the more sensitive the boat becomes to crew positioning and movement. A desirable trait for the more skilled and subtle sailor but as iGRF also wants boats that everyman/woman can step in and sail, perhaps not quite so friendly to the clumsy beginner. As with everything, there is no right answer.
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NicolaJayne ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 01 Mar 19 Online Status: Offline Posts: 109 |
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given you can get 2000kg rated pump trucks... although at that kind of weight it really is on the flat ona 'polished concrete' warehouse floor only |
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NicolaJayne ![]() Posting king ![]() Joined: 01 Mar 19 Online Status: Offline Posts: 109 |
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you are incorect there Graham repeated lift of any none trivial weight can fall fouls of the Manual handling Ops regulations , one off heavier lifts can be allowed ... |
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423zero ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 08 Jan 15 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3420 |
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The assisting device being launch trolley.
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PeterG ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 12 Jan 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 823 |
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When did you last see someone moving a dinghy without an "assisting device", Graham. Or are people in your neck of the woods so macho they don't bother with trolleys?
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Important to be able to carry your RS Aero above the high tide mark when adventure camping! Norway to Port Magne Klann sailed the length of Norway in an RS Aero in 2018. His adventure started at the northern tip, deep inside the Arctic Circle, and ended at the southern most tip - 49 days later after 1158 nautical miles. Magne lifted his RS Aero ashore and camped overnight, fishing along the way and carrying equipment and provisions onboard. ![]() ![]() Edited by Peter Barton - 27 Jun 20 at 4:15pm |
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