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    Posted: 05 Jun 07 at 9:03pm
Originally posted by I luv Wight

compared to the cherub - which was faster than the 29erxx at the hyere 'trials' ( apparently - depending on who is PR ing) is sailing off 975 cherub gt60 thread
and is somehow slower than a standard 29er!!


You were / are never shy of pronouncing you 6 Cherub Nationals Wins and using that to PR yourself and company Andy... so I'd go easy on the PR machine. As the last poster said, and as you well know, a development class has a big variety of spec boats that influence the returns. The Cherub is also a small fleet, but increasing so the returns should eventually catch up with the new speed of the boats.

If you PR'ed it more you'd get to build more 2005 rules Cherubs, make more money and speed up that process :-)
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Originally posted by I luv Wight

compared to the cherub - which was faster than the 29erxx at the hyere 'trials' ( apparently - depending on who is PR ing) is sailing off 975 cherub gt60 thread
and is somehow slower than a standard 29er!!

That is because the Cherub is a development class, and the handicap reflects not only all the cherubs that are still racing at clubs which make returns, so 1970's cherubs are still in the mix, but also there is a year or 2's catch up to play anyway. You also have to take into account performance right across the board - are Cherubs really faster in a drifter?
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compared to the cherub - which was faster than the 29erxx at the hyere 'trials' ( apparently - depending on who is PR ing) is sailing off 975 cherub gt60 thread
and is somehow slower than a standard 29er!!

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29er was @ 920ish and the 800 is @ 830 (maybe 820 now?). No way will the slightly bigger rig and extra wire make almost 100pts difference.

Fully rigged, is it definitely heavier?

(I have not sailed the xx btw)
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Any one know what the recomended handicap is...

I heard it was faster than an RS800 which doesnt sound right to me... as its shorter, heavyer and has less sail area!

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