RS500 ...

Bis repetita non placent,

I agree exactly that "skiff" has been highjacked by marketing people
Allan - that's why I was trying to show it has got a certain historical
meaning and is not just a slogan. 

PS - Sorry, when I head a post admitting that I'm an anorak and use
little faces, I assume people understand I'm not too serious, merely
rabbiting on about a point I find interesting for certain reasons. 

Edited by Chris 249

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Chris 249 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 10 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2041	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris 249 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: RS500 ... Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 9:23am
	I agree exactly that "skiff" has been highjacked by marketing people Allan - that's why I was trying to show it has got a certain historical meaning and is not just a slogan. PS - Sorry, when I head a post admitting that I'm an anorak and use little faces, I assume people understand I'm not too serious, merely rabbiting on about a point I find interesting for certain reasons. Edited by Chris 249

Black no sugar Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Black no sugar Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 06 at 9:54am
	Calm down you two! As much as I relish the sound of an argument based on a point of vocabulary (much more relevant and riveting than a lot of the news these days), we've already had a long, rambling thread about the definition of a skiff, and it reached the same conclusion. Bis repetita non placent, well... maybe not all the time
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Bumble Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 12 Nov 05 Location: Taiwan Online Status: Offline Posts: 302	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bumble Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 9:42am
	At what point did this forum become multi lingual - wo bu xin yong ni men de hua, ting yong ying wen - if thats OK.

Matt Jackson Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 21 Sep 04 Location: Darlington Online Status: Offline Posts: 962	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Jackson Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 1:06pm
	Allan, this doesn't come from the rediculous hokey where our fellow Europeans want to call a Contender a skiff does it? Some within our class have looked up exactly the dictionary definition of skiff above and decided that because of this the Contender is a skiff. It really annoys me because we are seeing a researgence currently which is in part because the RS600, RS700 and MPS have made the Contender less extreme looking and therefore more attainable be mere mortals. Calling ourselves a skiff will just reverse some of that. If the Contander is a skiff then so is a Skipper and a Puffin (there's one for you historians).
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Robochimp Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 13 Feb 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote Robochimp Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 13 Feb 06 at 2:43pm
	back on topic i think my uni has ordered aload of these things, but most of the sailors are novices so are under the impression that rs500 is really very quick

swiftsolo.org Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 14 Jul 05 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 101	Post Options Post Reply Quote swiftsolo.org Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 14 Feb 06 at 12:47am
	Back off topic for a moment. I agree that the term skiff has been hijacked by marketing people. I believe one of the reasons for this is that "dinghy" is such a grotty sounding word. If I try to explain to a non sailor that I enjoy dinghy sailing it doesn't conjure the best image in their mind. Maybe some guru should find a way to rebrand our the name of our sport with a more glamourous handle. If we did this maybe the term skiff wouldn't be thrown around as much?
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Adds Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 14 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 126	Post Options Post Reply Quote Adds Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 06 at 3:12pm
	Just logged onto the rssailing.com and there are some new pics of the RS500, looks as though it is sending it!! Looks pretty quick to me.
	Cheers Dudes

Medway Maniac Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2788	Post Options Post Reply Quote Medway Maniac Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 06 at 5:56pm
	Still looks a bit of a box though... No figure for the weight, either. Edited by Medway Maniac

Andrewst Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 14 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 129	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andrewst Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 06 at 6:12pm
	I have spoken to a guy at RS and he says "The hull weight is going to be in the region of 80kg with an all up sailing weight of around 118kg" and the boat is aimed at the 115 to 165 weight range Seems a bit like the L3000/V3000 with bigger sails!

Strawberry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 21 Jun 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1337	Post Options Post Reply Quote Strawberry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 06 at 6:52pm
	Still no pictures of the top of the rig.
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