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Wave Rider 
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 Topic: Boss and SpicePosted: 12 Feb 06 at 6:11pm |
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Has anyone ever sailed either of these? Are they fun and fast? Whats the rig like? Good handicap for club racing? Cheers |
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Prince Buster
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Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 6:20pm |
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Yeah sailed both - Boss is really fast and fun
 and is quite a handful. Spice seems more of a sunsail boat and i think its really uncool  Its not that fast and when i sailed one in a F3-4 we were rarely twin-wiring.
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 6:55pm |
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Never sailed the Boss but know the rigs on the boats can be pretty tricky. Had the 5000 for a few years and had no problems with it but my mate who had a Boss, seemed to have problems with his boat, wings snapping etc. Sailed the Spice before and my general impression of the boat was that it was seriously under powered, didn't feel like a twin-string boat but saying that, both us were probably too big for the boat. Think the spice is basically a buzz hull with an iso rig but don't quote me on it!
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les5269
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Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 7:08pm |
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Never sailed the Spice, but have sailed the Boss I personally didn't like it,it struggles to plane upwind and never felt that quick downhill.I'm biased but the 5000 is a great Club boat ! |
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hurricane
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Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 8:52pm |
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the build quality of the boss seems rubbish or is that just topper boats from the 90's?
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49erGBR735HSC
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Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 10:33pm |
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Not exactly, White Formula made the Buzz, Iso and Boss, not too sure about the Spice. White Formula also produced the Hurricane 5.9 and I'd say the Hurricane is a cracking boat. Don't know if White Formula kitted the boats out with fittings though and that's the area I reckon that wasn't so good with the Iso and Buzz
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Chris Noble
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Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 8:50am |
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from what i heard it was topper who kitted the boats out with the fittings, which has always been a problem with topper was the finishing standards to their boats are terrible (just look at the omega!)
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JimC
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Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 8:59am |
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Whilst I only sailed a Boss once, and hated it so much I vowed never to get in one again, its worth noting that it came second in the ISAF trials that selected the 49er. A very distant second admittedly, but second, and with the rest, including the 5 Tonner (and the B14!) nowhere!
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Chris Noble
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Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 9:16am |
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its a shame that the B14 was a bit before its time perhaps as it is a far superior boat to the boss
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Isis
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Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 12:05pm |
Good morning!  Ive not sailed either but have played with a spice kite and its as close to ballooning as you can get without a wicker basket atached... |
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