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    Posted: 22 Nov 04 at 9:01pm
they are faster than what you have experienced by the sounds! but obviously they arn't the fastest skiff going!
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wow sounds great! i wana go! are they very fast?????
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Post Options Post Options   Quote redback Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Nov 04 at 8:52pm
Wave Rider sounds about the right weight and experience to try a 29er.  They are tippy but its a bit like riding a bike - alright as long as you keep moving.  Most of these skiff type boats have very litttle static stability - if you held it head-to-wind by the forestay it would fall over.  So its unlike a 420 which generally rounds up and stops upright if you let everything go whilst sailing.  With skiffs you are balancing the sail pressure against you weight, so no matter what, you have to keep sailing them.
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lol ye sounds fun....ye pico knee hurts dunnit!...................any of u lot been 2 rockley watersports????...............when i went there i learned to trapeze on a WAYFARER! they rigged it wrong or i was crap cos i fell off long and wekk i was in the water the elastic on the trapeze was still on the boat and me and it snapped
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he sails a topper
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ok i admit it was not a huge turn out but look where the europeans were this year muppet!! of course the turnout will be low with a europeans in northen ireland!!!

and 2 years ago the hurricane got 50 at minnis bay a huge turn out for a cat fleet!!!!

oh and another point the hurricane has the biggest attended travelers series in catamaran racing

so beat that



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Ive saileed a 29er before theyre amazing!!!! before you decide to move into a cat look at the nationals attenance figures, you could end up with 29 at the nats. or something ridicoulously stupid like that eg: hurricane! Thats one thing toppers are good for lol!!!

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Post Options Post Options   Quote hurricane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Nov 04 at 8:36pm

lol that reminds me of pico knee if u have ever had the job to teaching people to sail picos in a shortie your knees bleed by the end of the day

the sunsail guys used to call this pico knee

i think the laser center have changed the grade of roughness on the pico decks because they arnt as bad anymore

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you hike over the wing, and there are just hiking straps you put your feet under and hang over the wing. nothing holds you on apart from your legs, which is why i said u have to have strong leg muscles!! they aren't slippery either, complete opposite, the deck is very rough aswel, i made the mistake of wearing a shortie in thesummer and my legs were bleeding and cut to pieces from getting the kite up. was ver painful! but still fun!
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em i sail on the home of cats the south east of england

and yes they do have trapeze's hurricanes are twin trapeze

the hurricane is normally a two sail boat and is still very quick!!!!

but in SX mode it has a self tacking jib and asymmetric from a snuffer more like a tornado sport!!

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