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Teamvmg
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Topic: Future Youth ClassesPosted: 29 Aug 08 at 10:04pm |
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The Hobie 16 is the 2009 ISAF youth class and there is top level support available from the RYA to help youth H16 sailors Surely its a fairly straight foward progression from Dragoon? |
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gary145
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Posted: 29 Aug 08 at 7:39pm |
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yes but your £4500 spit will be the same boat as a new one, will a £4500 F18 be the same as a new one? or will you have to spend more to get it as fast?
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Catsrule
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Posted: 29 Aug 08 at 11:40am |
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I think teh spitfire is a good option but is just the price that is a bit of a off putting factor. The adavntage we found with having a f18 with a smaller rig is that you can most likley pick up and f18 cheaper the a spitfire, you struggle to get a spitfire under £4500. |
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Scooby_simon
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Posted: 28 Aug 08 at 8:42pm |
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I think you might be right.... |
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Teamvmg
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Posted: 28 Aug 08 at 6:25pm |
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I think that UKRA have plans afoot on this one...............
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AdrianM
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Posted: 27 Aug 08 at 6:34pm |
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I'm with Dermot, Spitfire would seem the logical step towards F18 and better suited to the lightweight. Not sure how many 'small rig' boats there actually are and a new jib and genny likely to cost best part of a grand if you had to convert.
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craiggo
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Posted: 27 Aug 08 at 6:33pm |
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Spitfire is the obvious choice but the need to ensure that a youth boat is affordable may prevent it from ever happening. My father-in-laws Spitfire was around the same price as an RS800 which I'm guessing is probably not far from a 29er so I suppose its possible. Just needs the official buy in but is their sufficient support for a youth multihull programme ?
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Posted: 27 Aug 08 at 2:36pm |
The small rig isn't that small! The main is the same (17m2), the jib is less than 1m smaller (3.45m2) and the kite is 2m smaller (19m2). I have used the small rig years ago, and if you are less than 140kg you won't notice much difference. |
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Posted: 27 Aug 08 at 2:26pm |
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The boat might be too wide with a smaller rig on it - Wild Thing would be harder to do and this wouldn't teach good practise.
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Dermot M
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Posted: 27 Aug 08 at 2:17pm |
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Spitfire first - then F18
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