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Matt Jackson 
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Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962 |
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 Topic: Crazy, but did it anywayPosted: 11 Sep 06 at 5:01pm |
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Under the heading of planned but never undertaken. Take one 1960s Hornet, remove unnecesary wood (all but the 4 planks that make form the hull form Sadly, I had more in the way of ideas than garage space and cash at the time so took the second most exciting option and sacrificed it to god of hellfire instead! |
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Laser 203001, Harrier (H+) 36
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getafix
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Joined: 28 Mar 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2143 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 10:36am |
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Boats that could be built super light using modern materials versus
their original weight vs power ratio: Osprey, Hornet, Fireball, 505,
Solo(!), Blaze X, ISO, Buzz, Boss, L5000, L4000, L2000, RS400, RS200
... you could go on a long time
One boat I always thought was right for a bit of garage customisation was the N12, now if you took a bigger stick, higher aspect upwind sails (think i14/49er) and big assy plus added nice wide hiking racks (B14 style) then I think you might be on a winner, have to go for a shute for the kite so perhaps a foredeck-less design might be best 'donor' to start with (no way would you want to get as far forward as a bag for launching!) T-foil rudder might help in the nose dive/pitching dept and would probably need to bond in some foam bouyancy as dodging the bags as you run across rack-to-rack might be a bit of an obstacle course. May as well go for a dagger bd as well for good measure. Basically a big rig, 12ft, lightweight B14 with raking rig......  |
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Feeling sorry for vegans since it became the latest fad to claim you are one
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GraemeB
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Joined: 21 Aug 06 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 10:46am |
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Why bother...you can pick up a great B14 for a very resonable price and go sailing. Great deals on the web site....!!
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foaminatthedeck
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Joined: 18 May 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 12:48pm |
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Why bother...you can pick up a great B14 for a very resonable price and go sailing. Great deals on the web site....!! (don't know how to quote things so just cut and pasted from one abve) Because to do it would be cool, not senable maybe but cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps if someone has garage space in plymouth out wants to pay for bits ill do it to my national Edited by foaminatthedeck |
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Lark 2170
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Matt Jackson
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 12:55pm |
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Contender, don't forget the Contender. At 83kg hull weight it would be interesting to see what difference it would make to shave/hack off a few kg. Of course we're a much more conservative fleet than the boat would suggest so it'll never happen. |
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foaminatthedeck
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 12:56pm |
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Im not touching the contender I like it to much.
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Black no sugar
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Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 1:03pm |
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What's your Contender made of? Wood? Nothing much to shave there... Still, it would be great if the hull could drop a bit of weight. At 83 kgs (recommended, without the obligatory water in the hull), it weighs almost 25 kgs more than me. The other day, I was left struggling on the beach, trying desperately to get the boat across a patch of soft shingle, most to the delight of all the guys sitting on the start line. |
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Jack Sparrow
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Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2965 |
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 1:04pm |
Errr.... sort of like this then? http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/test/lib/exe/detail.php/ boats/ 2685-200508xxa.gif?id=imagegallery&cache=cache Big Issue N12 hull with quite alot of mod's - 2nd last years Nationals |
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foaminatthedeck
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 1:09pm |
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last time i looked cherubs a twin trapez not hikeing.
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Jack Sparrow
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Posted: 20 Sep 06 at 2:45pm |
I said sort of. 
Funny though as I am about to get going on a Cherub with adjustable racks for hiking as well as single trap and double. Which should be fun. |
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). Add shallow double skin and space frame. Thrash living $&!£ out of it.
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