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Ross 
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 Topic: Who was out this weekend?.....Posted: 07 Feb 08 at 12:55am |
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£2500 gets you a lot of kit IMO and I would even go as far to say it's value for money!
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Ross
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Chris Bridges
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Posted: 07 Feb 08 at 8:08am |
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My friend was too, I was just watching talk to a friend Cold hands and trying to de rig deosn't work too well, split pins are the worst.. Do you know which 49er it was? Was it damaged too? |
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49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 07 Feb 08 at 8:20am |
I doubt there is a huge profit, it must take mhuge ammounts of money to develop the foils and especially making some to fit a "Heavier boat" and make it fly, which they have done with superb success. £2500 is plenty of cash but when you fit them to a £1500 600 you have got a very fast foiler for £4000 now that is cheap! and of corse it can carry a bit more weight then a moth! |
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Chris Bridges
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Posted: 07 Feb 08 at 10:12am |
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Yea true, I'm not sl*gging it off or anything, I think its great just my first thought was a bit steep, but didn't think how cheaply you can pick up the boat to go with it I love the 600 its a great boat, got me into helming on the the wire and was good fun for a short while (if I started again I reckon I would find it fun again), and one thing is for sure, really sorts you out on the boat balance front!! |
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49er GBR735 (for sale) - Rutland SC
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redback
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Posted: 24 Feb 08 at 11:49pm |
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I was out this weekend at Bough Beech. The final 2 races of their Icicle Series was well attended with 36 competitors in the morning and 29 after lunch. Andy Peake on an MPS won the series followed by a 200, a Contender and then a Wayfarer. I was 9th in a 4000, and there were boats rangeing from a Topper to a 49er but there were a total of 102 which had taken part at some point in the competition. There had been quite a variety of winds from force 6-7 down to a bit of a drift. Today was medium in the morning and a bit lighter in the afternoon. This series is good practice for the forth coming season with the confined waters putting a premium on boat handling. The starts are tight and because they always use a committee boat you always get a good beat. This afternoon's beat was probably a kilometre long. This coupled with the comfortable clubhouse and good food means this is already in my calendar for next year. Can we have some more 4000s please. |
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Smight at BBSC
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Posted: 25 Feb 08 at 11:19am |
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Not the best of sundays for moi. Shredded the main sheet, a buckle snapped on my trap harness and my main halyard went while going up wind
  But i managed to have a good drag race with redback 
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Charlie
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Posted: 25 Feb 08 at 3:25pm |
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Sounds like my weekend, lost a shackle on the vang on the 1st race, luckily i had a spare shackle in my boat so replaced it between the racing, but then had the bottom 2 foot of my sail come out of the mast track in the second race. All this in a force 2 maybe 3 at times! |
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Finn GBR 657 - Blown It
Laser 164635 Planet Earth: 30% Land, 70% race course! |
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radixon
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Posted: 25 Feb 08 at 3:48pm |
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Smight, better get a job quick to pay for the damage if you havent got one already!! I took the 200 out on Friday with my crew (the other half!) for the first time Was a laugh, nearly sank it without the cockpit bung in (not the bouancy one!). Must admit though was blowing a F3-4 and gusting up from that! |
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Smight at BBSC
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Posted: 25 Feb 08 at 4:01pm |
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I've have just got a job thanks
 But luckily it was only the very end of the halyard that broke, someone kindly gave me a new mainsheet and i can replace the buckle in the exact same way as the other one myself So not too expensive
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RS600 988
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Jamie600
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Posted: 25 Feb 08 at 4:38pm |
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I had the best sail yet, including a near-as-dammit airborne gybe! The gybe bit was in the air but it dipped back into the water just after, but my god it felt good! Foiling upwind was great, and for some reason more consistent than the downwind stuff. Anyway that was the last sail for a bit, it's now at home awaiting a refurb - foil control cable to be replaced with a rod, more powerful sail controls, new ropes, repaint etc. So as of tomorrow the living room will gain an 11 foot coffee table! |
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RS600 1001
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didn't realise they were that much.|
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