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| Rossiter Pintail Mortagne sur Gironde, near Bordeaux |
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Menace 
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Joined: 16 Oct 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 296 |
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 Topic: B14Posted: 01 Dec 10 at 8:52pm |
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Deck updates haven't affected performance, older boats are still competitive.
If you don't have a constant crew, what's wrong with having less to do up front? That's a bonus in my opinion.
Don't know the situation with the B14 builder, but until something happens, wouldn't count my chickens before my eggs have hatched. Shame ovi dropped the boat and don't want to look too far into it.
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 01 Dec 10 at 10:13pm |
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But the B14 racks carry corrector weights so have not increased performance either.
By the way i dont own a B14.
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 01 Dec 10 at 10:17pm |
Should hope not, never had you down as a washer woman...
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 01 Dec 10 at 10:38pm |
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I did own one for a few months Grumpf, we were far too heavy for it though. I bought it cheap to use over the summer and had no intension of keeping it long term. I really enjoyed it, its such a well manered boat:  |
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 12:33am |
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If ever a boat needed bringing up to date and that stupid kite bag ditching.
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Menace
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 8:11am |
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If you ditch the bag you lose some of the challenge and a lot of the appeal for some folk. I really wanted to get a B14 over an 800 because it was a more challenging boat to sail, lose the bag and it just becomes a hiking 800.
RS really peeved me off with the 400 proposed changes and if there was a better boat to match Jaws's requirements in my opinion, would be whole heartedly recommending that. Buying an old B14 is a good solution and ticks the box of not giving RS any cash. In the back of my mind, I'd be thinking about the Rebel Skiff if it was my decision to make.... (and I had enough cash).
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Neptune
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Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314 |
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 10:53am |
If you followed the story earlier you'd have seen that the sailors have asked RS to loook into changes not RS forcing something on the class.
For all the knocking of RS on here i think they have done more than anybody in the last 15 years to make the UK dinghy scene one of the most exciting and vibrant in the world. We are also in teh lucky position of having plenty of choice aside from them if their designs down float your boat so to speak.
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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G.R.F.
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 10:55am |
It's statement like that, that make me chuckle, "ooh we like it 'challenging' makes it so much fun nobody buys the boat anymore, we then get to be exclusive and declare National "Champions" from twenty five participants." So when did the builder ditch it?
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tgruitt
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:26am |
What does the crew do upwind apart from trim the jib and hike/trap in both boats? |
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Needs to sail more...
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Neptune
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Posted: 02 Dec 10 at 11:31am |
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presumably the crew in a B14 is allowed to play the main - where as its against class rules in the 800
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Musto Skiff and Solo sailor
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