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Wave Rider 
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Joined: 27 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 909 |
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 Topic: Crazy Ideas!Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 12:18pm |
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No we didn't but we never had any intention of winning the nationals! We just did the repair to the best of our ability but we havent ever done a project like this before and didn't want to start cutting the boat to bits even more than it already was so we could get the weight down. What is it that add's all the extra weight, is it because it is made of wood rather than all carbon like some boats? |
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Granite
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Joined: 12 May 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 476 |
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 1:20pm |
Boats just sort of gain weight as they get older from repairs, modifications, layers of paint and filler, and soaking up water and it is always possable that it was a bit heavy to start with, it hapens sometimes. |
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If it doesn't break it's too heavy; if it does it wasn't built right
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JimC
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 1:31pm |
Very few wood Cherubs were down to weight when new, although not many good ones were more than 10lbs over. No wooden boat ever carried the amount of correcter weights that Shiny or Green Slug did when new. There's no doubt that epoxy/foam/good fibre construction is lighter for the same structural strength. |
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Ginger_69
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 1:43pm |
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i have just got back for putting a layer of under coat on one hole and a primer on the other so it sould hopefull be able to have the first coat of paint later on today.
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Chew valley lake s c
Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
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Wave Rider
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 2:34pm |
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Well done ed! Yeah anyway im not bothered about the weight, i just want to have fun, maybe not to you lots terms but to us, whaam looksa fast boat and we are happy with it even if it does carry excess weight.
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-[Franko]-
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Ginger_69
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 3:23pm |
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Thanks frank i see you have changed your sig, ye we are not relly that bothred about winning the nationals yet we just need some practis and have some fun!!!!!!! o ye just random info i have recived a post card form ellie |
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Chew valley lake s c
Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
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timnoyce
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 3:44pm |
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saying that, Whaam isn't slow! We got beaten by it too much at the
nationals mainly becuase the 20kg in the boat was insignificant
compared to me and my helm being 26 stone between us which wasn;t
very flash in the light winds!
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BEARFOOT DESIGN
Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
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Ginger_69
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 3:50pm |
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hahaha well we are 19 stone all up and have experance in all kinds of winds in loads of diffrent boats
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Chew valley lake s c
Topper(RED)-29412 I14 1209 lightning-168 Whaam (cherub) Atum bom (cherub)old crew (the 1 in the youtube vids) Will be arup skiff crew aka marmite |
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Wave Rider
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 4:38pm |
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Um Ed don't boast it makes you sounds big headed!
 And im sure Timnoyce will kick our asses in ny races at the moment we face him in! 
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-[Franko]-
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Ginger_69
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Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 4:43pm |
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suppose so
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