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    Posted: 26 Oct 06 at 1:15pm

Originally posted by boatshed

The thinking being that one person trapezing is about the same as two hiking.

I'm not sure I agree with that. If this were true, then the CofG of the righting moment of the single person would need to move double the distance away from the centre of the boat.
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so if you were REALY tall...
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That would be a seriously hard boat to sail!

The foredeck arrangement does not allow for a chute in any way really.  Due to the kite pole being in a tube underneath the foredeck, the chute would have to be set rather far back and off centre...

If you were to singlehand it you'd need a jib sheet system similar to the Swift Solo, as the jib is a rather powerful 5.2 sq/m... it can send you in quite easily. 

Strawb is right, as when you hike remember most of your body is off the sides of the racks - so one guy about 3 feet further out than that won't be the same as two guys 3 feet in. 
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The Exocet originally had a fixed glass pole, and a bendy glass mast tip.
The B14E ( European for light winds ) had a bigger jib, one trapeze, with one-piece alloy mast.
Later this variant disappeared, but the 'new' B14 had the bigger jib and the wide sitting-out wings.
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I thought that in between being Exocet and B14, it was 'Extrovert' as well. At least it was in an old dinghy class id book I had as a nipper.
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Not sure the coloured sails did the boat any favours...

Someone might correct me, but I think the class allowed a free choice between narrow racks + trapeze and wide racks + hiking, and evidently people preferred hiking for some reason.
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Can you set up a B14 with a trapeze and move the racks in far enough to use the boat as shown is those pictures.
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no, the racks on a B14 are fixed both position and width. Im not sure if the new or older mast would support a trap. as if im not mistaken it has a join in it where it goes from ali to glass
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I believe the B14E as reviewed had an ali mast with a glass tip.

It does look a lot of fun with the trapeze.
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REALLY gay colour scheme though
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