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    Posted: 17 Aug 09 at 1:56pm

I'd try sailing a B14 without the traps first before trying it with - they are difficult boats to sail and would be much harder if you wanted to trapeze. 

Plus I don't think the ally stick would take a twin trap without folding soon after.  They do take one but two would be pushing it...

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Olly Dave Peacock did say that the B14 was originally a flop over here with the wide wings, so they decided to set the boat up in a more 'British Manner' Ie. Single wire.   You were just to peeved at the time and probably only listened to parts of the conversation between grabbing another beer and being sick!
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Originally posted by Olly4088

I know they had a trap at one point

The original boat had the wide wings as it is sailed now. However it didn't initially sell well in Europe, so after a couple of years they tried a narrow wing single string variant, the B14E, which initially sold better. However once there was a bit of momentum sailors went back to the wide wings and no strings, and the one string alternate died out. In the Souhern hemisphere they never bothered with the one string version.
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Jim there might not directly but one of the posts says that there might be a few members who had a b14e I know they had a trap at one point cause I know personally the guy who brought the class over here from aus and they took the wire off and gave it the bigger racks
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Originally posted by Olly4088

Originally posted by alstorer

No it wasn't. The original B14 was the two man hiker.
Really the people of the b14 class may tell a different story

They don't on that link!!

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Originally posted by alstorer

No it wasn't. The original B14 was the two man hiker.

Really the people of the b14 class may tell a different story.

http://fleetsites-com.web21.winsvr.net/b14forum/viewtopic.ph p?t=85&sid=db3720a4f571ca2aa66c1fdb3b69dccf

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Originally posted by ellistine

True. In my head an I14 would be very difficult to sail and
cost the earth.

I should be very suprised indeed if buying an older 14 cost less than buying an older B14 and then putting all the money into converting it. And I doubt there'd be much difference in the ease of sailing.
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Originally posted by Jack Sparrow

If you wanted to mod it further extend
the mast with a stump and add a new goose neck and lowers
position and then add area to the main sail at the foot and
get a bigger jib. Thats one hell of a nutty machine you'd
have.

If only I had the skills to keep all that upright!
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Originally posted by Merlinboy

Not if you buy Chrisg's boat, thats a lot
of boat for you buck!  Probably the fastest boat your going
to buy for under £2k and probably the best boat for
blasting about in!


Blimey that is cheap! Bad timing though. I'm thinking next
season or possibly the following.

Would be a good option though.

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