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    Posted: 02 Nov 06 at 10:33pm
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Not sure if thats supposed to be funny or not !!

 

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Originally posted by les5269

Not sure if thats supposed to be funny or not !!

 

  Now that one is !

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I know that this topic is about light navigation. 420 470, laser etc... and I know very welle these, but what I wanna know, is the kind of navigation exerced in england. More precisely, how many days, if it's for pleasance or more technic, to express a need to navigate in the wind out of the coasts etc...

We need for this project with Mr WRIGHTON, to have more datas about english market, english navigations types, etc...

I thank you all, and speak english here is not a problem at all, speak english guys ;)


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Benjamin,

Please dont think I am being rude but where you say "the type of navigation" do you mean the type of sailing.

I know the french word for sailing is the same or close but "navigation" for us is finding your way from on place to another

(BNS help me out on this, I cant spell in French either)

PS. If you want to, post both the french and english text. At least it would force most of us to think a bit

 

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well, to start with Ben you need to understand the term "SMOD" (strict manufacturer's one design)

SMOD sales possibly account for 99% of the present day UK sailing dinghy market ........ SMOD means every boat must be to a manufacturer's specification to be race legal, in theory ensuring performance is based purely on the sailors' skill, taking out the effect of differences in equipment (except for a bit of manufacturing variability)

it also ensures that the major builders maintain a monopoly on spares supply for their products at vastly inflated prices, a good marketing ploy

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Nov 06 at 12:23am

Yes Offshoretiger, you're right. "Navigation" here means sailing, and "light" means dinghy sailing.

As for "kind of navigation exerced in england", which output do you expect from this forum, kapro? I don't think this is the right place to collect statistics; you're going to meet a horde of "adolescents frétillants" who are going to wax lyrical on the endless days they've spent on the water. I hope you don't expect objective reports here!

However, there will be other members who might have enough time on their hands to search for statistics, or at least point you in the right direction.

Even if they exist, I'm not entirely convinced that type of statistics would be accurate across the spectrum of British dinghy sailors. Many people don't belong to a club, don't race and sail the boat their grandad pinned and glued together in the sitting-room, in 1961! Difficult to keep track...

Still, most active forum members here will be happy to help you in your project, even if it's another way of reviving the old "my-boat's-better-than-yours" playground bickering.
Alors que tout le monde sait parfaitement, même si certains refusent de l'admettre, que le meilleur dériveur, c'est le Contender, bien sûr !   

Best of luck in your project. For any translation problem, don't hesitate to ask (I speak a bit of French and I can manage in English too...)

A plus !

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Perhaps the RYA might be worth trying. I assume they must either conduct research or refer to it.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote kapro Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Nov 06 at 8:40am
Thanks all. You're right! Saying 'kind of navigation' I would say "sailing" ^^

I'll look at this! ;)
If one day you come infrance, I've got a sailing club near Arcachon on the lake of Sanguinet. The World A-Class championship is every year organised here...and hobie cat regatas etc...you're welcome ;)

Merci beaucoup les gars. Ce que je cherche, c'est de savoir combien de jours en général les "Papy boomers" qui utilisent des bateaux de 9m habitables style Jeanneau, Dufour, RM ou autre mettent pour leur virées en mer au large des cotes anglaises. Le temps est moins clément que sur la cote atlantique, donc peut etre que ca veut dire qu'il y a des contraintes de pluie, de vent etc plus importantes etc. Cela nous permettra de déterminer précisément les points importants de la navigation anglaise typique...

merci encore

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Is Arcachon the one near an aqua land as it sounds familiar, near biscarosse?
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Originally posted by kapro

Thanks all. You're right! Saying 'kind of navigation' I would say "sailing" ^^

I'll look at this! ;)
If one day you come infrance, I've got a sailing club near Arcachon on the lake of Sanguinet. The World A-Class championship is every year organised here...and hobie cat regatas etc...you're welcome ;)

Merci beaucoup les gars. Ce que je cherche, c'est de savoir combien de jours en général les "Papy boomers" qui utilisent des bateaux de 9m habitables style Jeanneau, Dufour, RM ou autre mettent pour leur virées en mer au large des cotes anglaises. Le temps est moins clément que sur la cote atlantique, donc peut etre que ca veut dire qu'il y a des contraintes de pluie, de vent etc plus importantes etc. Cela nous permettra de déterminer précisément les points importants de la navigation anglaise typique...

merci encore

Ben

what are "papy boomers"???

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