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    Posted: 06 Mar 05 at 8:16pm
topper are trying raise an army of little sailor kids to demolish the other boat builder companies! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! LOL
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the zoom 8 looks like the the most boring boat in the world

 
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Originally posted by 5420

the zoom 8 looks like the the most boring boat in the world

 

substitute zoom 8 for pico and then you have a correct statement! !
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Originally posted by Harry44981!

Originally posted by 5420

the zoom 8 looks like the the most boring boat in the world

 

substitute zoom 8 for pico and then you have a correct statement! !

they are bother boring boats

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Hello!

In Scandinavia Zoom8 is popular and when you are discussing if this is something that you would consider I would say that we are used to se tall Scandinavian children reaching 12 years and do not find it nice to sit in a small Optimist anymore. We normally start optimist-training courses when children are 7-8 years old, we se that only 1 ore 2 of the starting 30 are still with us when they reach 13.  The Laser is not a cheap boat and is normally not a boat for 12 years old children. We see that the zoom8 is able to get our optimist-sailors continuing sailing and that this boat is faster and much more fun to sail than the optimist dingy.

The zoom8 is not a boat for the Olympic, but a boat making it exiting to sail until you are able to get in to bigger boats such as Laser, Europa-dingy, 470 ore 29’er.

For some children zoom8 is suitable from they are 12-15, but for those who are small build they are able to continue using this boat to they are 17-18-19 years old.

We really like this dingy, I hope you do not compare this with something that whose purpose is to be used for older children.  Regards  Arnfinn Hystad Norway

Pictures of the Zoom8  -à http://groups.msn.com/seiling/shoebox.msnw
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Just read the Zoom8 article and I have to say it looks like fun for the younger kids.  Remembering my youth from 12 - 13 onwards the optimist does lose its charm, but you aren't heavy enough to sail anything else - apart from a Topper which I personally don't like although there are plenty of people who do.

Zoom8 would look much better with the rudder on a gantry out the back of the boat though - would give you more space internally....

 
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5420 sed that there are other boring boats!      YEA like gp14 bosun gull .....

 
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Ahh, no they aren't; Toppers are almost entirely a UK class aren't they?

I know their claims of the numbers outside the UK are suspect, I used to sail at the only Topper club in Australia and it was a rare occasion when they had three out.


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Sorry, I don't know what's happening with this post and why it's always popping up at the end with a strange date......perhaps it's coming from another place in the space/time continuum. I'm certainly having forum problems. Heeeeelp!

PS yep Blacknosugar, summer 2005 is still fairly hot and humid.....then again that's usual down here!


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