Another What Boat Thread

Well you heard it hear first.  Apparently the ageing retired windsurfer, who seems to know an awful lot about sailing (not enough to realise you can't just buy a MPS and go sailing) has decided the Cherub is not 'Rad' enough for him cause it's got a poofy sounding name!  I only hope his company products are a little better though out than: Give it a fancy name, make it look good , stick it on the market.

 

ps. The Bethwaites and Mr. Bieker are paticularly interested in your theories, they can't think why they went for dagger-boards in the first place now!

Seriously though why not get an RS200/500 to learn the craft in but take every opportunity going to jump on the front end of something a little more meaty, maybe your B-14 mate may evn lend a hand. then in a few years get a I-14 nobody laughs at those, and you can try out your theories as well as using it as a sponsorship wagon. 

Going by the 3rd picture down, it would appear that they were sailing on to the beach with the main powered up and if they managed to break their dagger board it was obviously down.

Simple equasion really; powered up boat + Beach + dagerboard down = dent in wallet.

 

Does look like good sailing weather though!

Well you can see why sailing a MPS with a daggerboard and dagger rudder
(It had to be inserted from above into a fibreglass sleeve, some sort of
proto type Boat I gather,)was so difficult. I dont think I have any pics of it,
its gone back now to its owner.

That and the fact the wings were not wide enough for someone as light as
me to bugger about stationary in, even sat right on the wing with the
main sheeted out, I wasn't heavy enough to keep it upright in anything
stronger than 12 knots, so just getting it off the beach was a major
performance.

Thats what finally decided me it was too much, the good MPS guys are all
over 75kgs and many are 80+ and even they struggle launching on an
easy launch like whitstable.

There are more pics on the HSSC website there's a 505 getting a right
working on sunday trying to launch.

Maybe I'll organise and sponsor a cherub open meeting

Might be a bit like the time we hosted the Moth Europeans (I got roped in
as Race Officer)by the end of the practise race there were 150 Moths in
varying states of disrepair stretching from Hythe to Seabrook point 2
miles way.

They've never been back funnily enough.

Grumpf, you forgot to elaborate for everyone here, on the complete set of "radical products" that you represent.

 

 

 

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