New Posts New Posts RSS Feed: skiff or no skiff
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

skiff or no skiff
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 6>
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Tornado_ALIVE View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 07 Nov 04
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 611 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Tornado_ALIVE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: skiff or no skiff
    Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 2:31pm

Oh, and the UK do have Skiffs..........  18s with 12s coming.

The US have 18s

NZ have 12s and 18s

www.formula18alive.com
Back to Top
jpbuzz591 View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 24 May 05
Location: England
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 793 		Post Options Post Options   Quote jpbuzz591 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 2:34pm
And the aussies, not enough to count on your hand.
Jp Indoe
Contender 518
Buzz591
Chew Valley Sailing club
Bristol
Back to Top
Tornado_ALIVE View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 07 Nov 04
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 611 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Tornado_ALIVE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 2:52pm

Skiffies have a unique style that you just can not buy

 

 



Edited by Tornado_ALIVE

www.formula18alive.com
Back to Top
feva_sailor View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 03 May 06
Location: United Arab Emirates
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 767 		Post Options Post Options   Quote feva_sailor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 3:27pm
Originally posted by fizzicist

Maybe a look in a dictionary...:


skiff    <SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">(</SPAN><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; COLOR: red; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; : #ffffcc"> P </SPAN><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">)</SPAN>  <A class=linksrc title="Click for guide to symbols." onclick="ahdpop;return false;" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html ">Pronunciation Key</A>  (sk n.


<DL>
<DD>A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor.</DD></DL>

from www.dictionary.com


I think the key here is flatbottom open boat of shallow draft. i.e. Not a Wayfarer!



does that mean an oppie is a skiff?!
Back to Top
Offshoretiger View Drop Down
Posting king
Posting king
Avatar

Joined: 12 Jan 05
Location: Scotland
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 179 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Offshoretiger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 3:38pm
Originally posted by feva_sailor

Originally posted by fizzicist

Maybe a look in a dictionary...:


skiff    <SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">(</SPAN><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; COLOR: red; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif; : #ffffcc"> P </SPAN><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none">)</SPAN>  <A class=linksrc title="Click for guide to symbols." onclick="ahdpop;return false;" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html ">Pronunciation Key</A>  (skfn.


<DL>
<DD>A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor.</DD></DL>

from www.dictionary.com


I think the key here is flatbottom open boat of shallow draft. i.e. Not a Wayfarer!



does that mean an oppie is a skiff?!

not unless you put it though a pencil sharpener, they dont have a pointed bow!!



Edited by Offshoretiger
...yesterday I couldnt spell enginner...now I are one!......
Back to Top
jeffers View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 29 Mar 04
Location: United Kingdom
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3048 		Post Options Post Options   Quote jeffers Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 3:42pm
That's some pencil sharpner OT.....howver it could be the best thing that ever happened to an Oppi!
Paul
----------------------
D-Zero GBR 74
Back to Top
Offshoretiger View Drop Down
Posting king
Posting king
Avatar

Joined: 12 Jan 05
Location: Scotland
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 179 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Offshoretiger Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 3:59pm

Originally posted by jeffers

That's some pencil sharpner OT.....howver it could be the best thing that ever happened to an Oppi!

Because it would stop the Oppi being so .................. pointless?

...yesterday I couldnt spell enginner...now I are one!......
Back to Top
feva_sailor View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 03 May 06
Location: United Arab Emirates
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 767 		Post Options Post Options   Quote feva_sailor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 4:00pm
yes but then would it classify as a skiff?
Back to Top
Tornado_ALIVE View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more
Avatar

Joined: 07 Nov 04
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 611 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Tornado_ALIVE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 4:08pm

All you need then is a junior Skiffie........  These guys look like they have potential

 

www.formula18alive.com
Back to Top
Rupert View Drop Down
Really should get out more
Really should get out more


Joined: 11 Aug 04
Location: Whitefriars sc
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 8956 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Rupert Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Jul 06 at 4:12pm

Reading the pile of ****on the SA forum, it seems that either a Skiff is a type i-of dinghy, ie a name, like Firefly or GP14, or it is a discription of a type of dinghy that has certain characteristics. As one side of the arguement (mainly in Sydney) will never agree with the other (mainly in the rest of the world), we shall just have to let language evolve in the way it does, and see what happens.

An analogy would be, I suppose, that I could build myself a 17' pointy ended sailing boat and say it is a canoe, but can't say it is an international canoe, unless it fits the rules. Can I build myself an 18' long dish shaped hull with lots of sail and call it a skiff, but not an 18' skiff as it doesn't fit those rules, or is it an 18' long high performance dinghy, with the word skiff not mentioned at all?
Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <1234 6>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.665y
Copyright ©2001-2010 Web Wiz
Change your personal settings, or read our privacy policy