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    Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 4:38pm
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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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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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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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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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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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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Originally posted by Granite

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 possible that it was a bit heavy to start with, it happens sometimes


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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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?

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. Cry

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Wave Rider Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 05 at 12:18pm

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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did you manage to shed any of the excess 25kg to bring it down to weight when u did the repair?! there must be some chunks of lead in there or something!
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