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    Posted: 19 Jun 07 at 8:49pm
What do you recon. http://www.uk-cherub.org (go to member's boat pages then the flying kipper) My crew and i are trying to sell our boats and buy it.

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Stick with the 200 looks faster then that! Or buy a penni 14
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Posts: 1129 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Smight at BBSC Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 07 at 9:42pm
Don't think so Merlinboy She was 5th at last years nationals plus has a 97 rules rig from mango jam
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I'm not going to sl*g off the cherub class because they are a bloody good bunch with plenty of passion and love for their class, just wish allot of other classes shared their enthusiasum.  But it doesnt say allot when in that pic the boat has an alloy hog stepped rig with dacron sails does it also is that one twin wire ??  

Secondly if you are asking for peoples opinions why are you shooting them down in flames when they give you one ???
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Originally posted by Merlinboy

Secondly if you are asking for peoples opinions why are you shooting them down in flames when the give you one ???

I do't know what you intended it to be, but from here it read more like a rather silly crack than an opinion intended to be helpful...
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Kipper is a 'dog' design which compared to the other boats of the era was quite hard to sail in certain conditions but extremely rapid in others... It is the predecesor to the 'Slug' (the current nationals winning design which spawned the daemon) and in a good breeze with all other factors equal I think its faster than the slug... different story in the light stuff however.

It is an alloy mast but only the jib is dacron... why did it do so well at the nationals?
It was well set up, very light for its age and sailed by an experianced pair who in their newer boat this year will be very unlucky to be outside the top 3.
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Posts: 1129 		Post Options Post Options   Quote Smight at BBSC Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Jun 07 at 1:03pm

Thanks jimc and no offence merlin boy but i'm not going to buy a penni 14 it's just wrong for me in everyway

As well as this i think it has a 600 mast that comes with it which if i'm correct was donated by the trims to the cherub class and is being borrowed by isis?

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The 600 mast went up on my boat for the first time yesterday actualy!
It will need extending to fit a boat without a stump but I can probibly dig out some tube to help you do this if its heading in your direction after Ive built my new mast.

If you havnt already Id phone Tom whos number is on the bottom of the advert to have a chat and arange to go and have a look at her... Unfortunately somewhere like this isnt the place to get unbiassed answers!
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do it! 
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Thanks for the advice but i have been e-mailing him and i'm trying to arrange a day to go for a test sail he's said he's up for it it's just finding a date
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