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Medway Maniac 
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 Topic: Magno vs FevaXL vs Laser2Posted: 07 May 06 at 6:42pm |
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Right again, Tim, but I have a cunning plan to avoid the shark-bites, involving high-pressure hose down the back end of the c'board case - should reduce the peak loadings during groundings just enough, methinks.
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mike ellis
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Posted: 07 May 06 at 7:02pm |
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how will u tow a high pressure hose round the racecourse?
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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timnoyce
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Posted: 07 May 06 at 7:11pm |
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I'm sorry.... does nobody else find that post hilarious?!  |
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BEARFOOT DESIGN
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yellowhammer
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Posted: 07 May 06 at 11:25pm |
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i guess you'd add 15kg to port and 15kg to stbd to fix that? we considered ballast for class racing, but who'd want to race a great little lightweight boat with two dumbells strapped in the cockpit ... 30 kg is a lot of metal, just think how much plastic that equates to ... no wonder L2s and L3ks are pretty much bombproof, mass procuced in sprayed chopped strand GRP/ polypropolene/ marine ply the V3000 hulls use vacuum bagged woven GRP/ epoxy/ foam sandwich construction, from a specialist UK builder ... a totally different beast ... strong and stiff, but needing a little more love and care i saw a post on another thread somewhere that said the 49er is built in epoxy resin, but even the 29er opted for cheeper polypropolene construction okay, okay, that's the end of my V3k hype ... rotomould mediochrity has to be the route for you Kevin Edited by yellowhammer |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 07 May 06 at 11:34pm |
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Think you mean polyester rather than polyprop, Y'hammer. The Topper is polyprop, I think. Edited by Medway Maniac |
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timnoyce
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Posted: 07 May 06 at 11:55pm |
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The circles I was referring to were metaphorical ones! In the case of 1 awesome step forward (in the form of the spanking new V3000) and then 1 big step back in the form of a 30kg block of lead! |
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yellowhammer
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Posted: 08 May 06 at 10:29am |
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blame my nothern sence of humour "awsome" and "3000" are two words that have never been used in the same sentence before, and it's maybe stretching it a bit ... saying that, Jeff V-B(Vandercraft) offering this quality and potential handicap performance for the price is pretty impressive back on topic again, have you consider including one higher performance asymmetric on your shopping list Kevin, to motivate your better sailors? ... I'm thinking Vago/ RS500/ V3000, i.e. something inspiring but realistic to aim for Edited by yellowhammer |
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sw67
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Posted: 08 May 06 at 5:30pm |
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I have sailed the magno now for nearly 3 years and have capsized once -
the rest have been for training purposes. The boat does not seem tippy to me but it can feel that you are oversteering it a lot. When it capsizes it sits on its side but i cant get on the centre board without bringing the boat upright so the crew needs to get to the inside to get scooped up The only thing i dont like is that it wont hove to - it just goes round in circles Not spent a penny on repairs in 3 years Stephen |
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Isis
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Posted: 08 May 06 at 6:12pm |
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The first time I make an hour without capsizing the moth I will be severly chuffed!! worlds apart....  |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 08 May 06 at 7:52pm |
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how many times have you actualy sailed and in what sort of winds? unless you hardly ever sail in strong winds thats a massive achievment Edited by mike ellis |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
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. well done. and as for the moth sailor cant you be just a little bit more sensible? i mean balancing on a couple of centimetres of boat is bad enough, but then on a couple of milimetres of dagger board!!??|
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