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    Posted: 09 Feb 07 at 11:15pm

Evolution of the Moth that is

Maybe this should be on the drunk postings thingamibob, but seeing the picture of Steve Nicholson in his Moth on the homepage made me think just how like a moth the boat has become in its looks and flitty behaviour

What were the originals like, did they fit the name?
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Yep you're right! They've got wings, they fly, they flop about... The next stage in Moth evolution is to sail at night, erratically, as fast you can towards a very bright light and become unappetising gunk on somebody's windscreen.

The original Moths looked like boats, I'm sure.
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Originally posted by Black no sugar

The original Moths looked like boats, I'm sure.


Prewar Moth page...

http://moth.iointegration.com/Moth19.htm

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If this is a current Moth:

 

 

 

this is its caterpillar!

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Please don't tell me she is sailing in a skirt...
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Whats wrong with that dont we all???
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It is the boom that caught my eye...looks like it is made from a long sausage...

The boat, however, looks so similar to a British Moth that I wonder if there has been some confusion between the 2.
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Originally posted by Black no sugar

If this is a current Moth:

this is its caterpillar!

classic BNS, i guess THAT was the 50's equivalent of trendily clad topper teens

you've just convinced me on the development v. one design debate

thank the lord for evolution

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Originally posted by Rupert

The boat, however, looks so similar to a British Moth


I don't believe there was originally any difference... I seem to remember that when the International Moth class was coalescing from a number of related boats world wide called Moths that some or all of what is now the British Moth elected not to join in.
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Originally posted by yellowhammer

classic BNS, i guess THAT was the 50's equivalent of trendily clad topper teens

1938 in fact. http://moth.iointegration.com/Moth19.htm has more information.
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