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    Posted: 22 Nov 06 at 3:32pm
4 minutes of my life im never going to get back! It looks painfully slow!
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those guys are so cool.....
international moth - "what what?"
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what a waste of 4 minutes!

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And this is what we call a 'skiff' now....
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Originally posted by turnturtle

Originally posted by Isis

And this is what we call a 'skiff' now....

no it's a 'high performance skiff'... not done the marketing module yet Ben



I could well have done, its hard to remember these lecture things sometimes...
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Originally posted by turnturtle

oh well... I'm sure you can probably cobble some notes together from someone and blag your way through; incidently can charge back new bits of cherub back to the dept. for 'research purposes' or do you need special permission for that sort of thing???


I think we have to wait till final year projects when my project will mostly be 'how many full size moth cores can I cut out on the huge CNC machine before they notice a suden drop in the amount of foam in the department'
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Originally posted by ifoxwell

it does show how heavy and flexible the boat...

There is a good breeze blowing and its struggling to push enough water aside to get upto any kinda speed

that surprised me, i'd heard the hull shape made it fairly quick onto the plane ... the relative motion of the camera boat makes it look quick at times, but against the waves it really does seem to plough a furrow

i bet it gives the sensation of speed and seat of the pants sailing when you're on board ... skiff sailing for the unititated, exactly what Laser set out to achieve

the Cherubs had some excellent video footage at last year's dinghy show, a totally different ball game, and as for the Australian skiffs .......



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Originally posted by yellowhammer

the coverage is very revealing ... i'd love similar footage of a Laser 3000 and V3000 to see what difference the weight reduction makes ... you definitely feel to be skimming the crests with the V (54 kg), where the Laser (79 kg) bedded down more

I love the speed of my V3000 and baiting the big boys of the Fast Handicap, but I do miss the more majestic feeling of the heavier Laser 3000 - even if I was never lucky enough to get 'bedded down' in it...

 
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... maybe your luck will improve with kinky see-through sails

where's sailor girl when you need her?



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Originally posted by turnturtle

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4 minutes of my life im never going to get back! It looks painfully slow!

you could have smoked 2 cigarettes instead....


Id rather sail a vago than smoke!
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