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timnoyce 
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 Topic: Best of show...Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 1:28pm |
hmmm, very ingenious indeed. I like the way that as you inflate the tube it helps to force any excess resin out of the lay up. Either that or i could just buy an F1 steering wheel and trim to fit... |
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rogerd
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 1:22pm |
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Reminds me of the first chute on my Mirror as a boy. my paper round wouldnt stretch to fancy fibreglass chutes so i made one out of a babys potty with the bottom cut out. Worked a treat.
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tack'ho
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 12:47pm |
Ahh well if its there to look good! I have to admit it does look quite 'trick' |
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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Rust
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 12:42pm |
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the lay up was Inner tube,half inflated then spayed with WD40, then 3 layers of 50mm carbon fibre strips epoxy wound around the tube, then wrapped in nylon cloth, then cling film, then pump up the tube. Strip everything off then rub down and varnished with2 pot to make it shiny. Got the idea from a friend who makes F1 steering wheels- but these cost a few quid more!
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timnoyce
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 12:27pm |
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Well hats off to you sir... I was very impressed. Much better than the carbon floor plate on the flying 15!!
 Did you brown parcel tape the inner tube at all before you laid up around it or is it still inside? Just thinking that the technique could be usefull in the new build... |
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Rust
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 12:17pm |
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I agree that it was the best thing at the show, but I am biased as it was my son's boat on display. The hoop is legal as there is no "exotics" rules for the mirror. I actually made it myself by wet laying up some carbon around a bike innner tube; and it cost next to nothing to make. Although it hardly weighs anything, I agree it has no advantage over other solutions typically used, i.e a wooden hoop, or a fibreglass shute, but I think, and the comments seem to confirm this, that it looks better, and that was the main point when I made it!
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tack'ho
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 10:59am |
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never mind if its banned, whats the point? I'm not sure it'll make any real difference to the pitching moment of boat
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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timnoyce
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 10:43am |
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Out of the whole show this has to be my favourite part....
 The focus point on the mirror was supposed to be the new tin mast, but this did not go un-noticed! Does anyone know if this is class legal? I would have thought that advanced composites were banned in a class like the mirror. Brilliant  |
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Wave Rider
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 9:51am |
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I agree. The Ovi int 14 was really something special, i also thought the Aardvark national 12 looked pretty damn cool aswell.....I was quite intrigued by seeing the 12 foot skiff association there this year....no boat sadly but hopefully next year
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tack'ho
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Posted: 06 Mar 06 at 9:00am |
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For us poor bas****s who live too far away from the centre of the world, sorry London
 lets have some nice pictures to drool over please.
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I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e!
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